Temple University said it will no longer cover tuition for 150 graduate students who have been on strike at the Philadelphia campus since the end of January.
“This is needlessly cruel,” said Matthew Ford, 36, a lead negotiator for the Temple University Graduate Students’ Association, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers. “It has definitely angered and energized a lot of people.”
Ford, a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at Temple, said the university also has begun stripping students of their health insurance, leaving some unable to fill prescriptions and forcing others to cancel doctor’s appointments.“This is a slap in the face to the Temple grads and all of the work they do to serve their students,” said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.
Before graduate students took to the picket lines on Jan. 31, Temple had warned that participating in the strike and walking off the job would put their tuition coverage and compensation at risk. The university said Pennsylvania law prohibits the public institution from paying workers who refuse to work, and tuition remission is considered compensation.
“Because striking workers are not entitled to tuition remission, they have been notified of their obligation to make arrangements to pay their tuition, consistent with how the university treats other students who have unpaid tuition obligations,” the university said in a statement Wednesday. Temple said it could reverse the policy or prorate tuition if the strike comes to an end soon. The university noted that over 80 percent of graduate students remain at work.While the university may have the legal right to withhold pay, Ford argues that cutting off tuition and other benefits is a choice.
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