As we noted last week, graduate scholar staff at Boston College (BU) have gone on strike to demand elevated stipends and improved advantages.
The College states:
Our graduate scholar staff have the proper to strike, however the College additionally has a authorized proper to withhold compensation from hanging workers for the times they’re on strike. The College intends to withhold pay from any graduate scholar staff who’re on strike all through the strike interval.
Solely graduate college students who attest to working might be paid. Those that fail to attest to working, or attest that they didn’t work, will not be being paid beginning this week. In the present day (Friday April fifth) was their pay day and I’m knowledgeable that they weren’t paid
A supply at BU writes:
Lots of our philosophy graduate college students are (barely) dwelling paycheck to paycheck, and so they may use the career’s assist. For those who’d prefer to assist them, you can also make financial presents on to our division’s PhD college students through CashApp (extraordinarily straightforward to obtain and use if you happen to don’t have already got it) at their deal with: $buphilgrad.
The graduate college students will internally distribute the funds to these most in want. Thanks prematurely to these of you who select to assist assist them.
You’ll be able to study extra in regards to the strike and the Boston College Graduate Staff Union here.
