Judge tosses UMich case against striking grad students | Working People

Apr 26, 2023 · 40m 3s
Judge tosses UMich case against striking grad students | Working People
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Read the transcript and show notes for this episode: https://therealnews.com/umich-docks-pay-calls-cops-on-striking-grad-students Graduate student-workers at the University of Michigan are still on strike after hitting the picket line for the second time...

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Read the transcript and show notes for this episode: https://therealnews.com/umich-docks-pay-calls-cops-on-striking-grad-students

Graduate student-workers at the University of Michigan are still on strike after hitting the picket line for the second time in three years at the end of March. In the time between the Fall 2020 and Winter 2023 strikes, according to the union, the gap between graduate workers' average pay and the cost of living in Ann Arbor has tripled. Facing a cost-of-living crisis and fighting for a slate of core demands—from a living wage and affordable childcare to better protections for international students, access to gender-affirming healthcare, and the creation of an unarmed, non-police emergency response unit on campus—graduate workers are not backing down. Meanwhile, University of Michigan President Santa Ono and the upper-level administration have continued with their attempts to break the strike through the courts and even had the cops called on striking graduates when they confronted Ono about UM's handling of the strike. In this mini-cast, a follow-up to our March 31 report at the beginning of the strike, we are joined once again by Alejo Stark, a grad worker and rank-and-file member of GEO, to give listeners an update on where things currently stand and how you can help.

Disclaimer: Max is a former GEO member and earned his PhDs from the University of Michigan.

Post-Production: Jules Taylor

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