Temple University and striking graduate students reach tentative agreement

Temple University has reached a tentative agreement with the union representing its 750 graduate student teaching and research assistants after an 18-day strike that began Jan. 31.

Graduate students will get their benefits and tuition remission restored and will be able to return to work, Kaiser said. The union and the administration have been negotiating for more than a year, but until recently remained far apart on wages and benefits. It was the first strike in TUGSA’s approximate 20-year history.The average pay for a teaching and research assistant at Temple is $20,700 a year, according to the most recent numbers from the university, and the union had sought to raise it to over $32,000, an increase that it said was a necessary cost-of-living adjustment.

The strike took on a divisive tone after the university decided to withdraw tuition remission for the striking graduate students, telling them they must pay their spring tuition bills in full by March 9 or face a $100 late fee and the inability to register for future classes. The school also stopped paying for their health insurance, which at first caused a panic among students who found themselves temporarily cut off.

Somebody about to lose they job lol

Yet another reason to get rid of temple!

Hey maybe you've heard this but strike is not in fact over yet

One does not simply decree a strike to be over

As much as you want the strike to be over, the strike isn’t over.

'No details were immediately available' hmm can't imagine why

Uncritically parroting a union busting disinformation email that HADNT EVEN BEEN SENT OUT yet Suspicious. Absolutely atrocious reporting. Can’t believe you propagandists call this journalism. This false reporting is jeopardizing workers and you clearly don’t care.

curious how this article went out 1.) with inaccurate information (strike isn’t over until the proposal is voted on) and 2.) went out at least 10 min before Temple themselves made a statement on it. Maybe try talking to both sides instead of just one before you pull the trigger?

Same thing happened to us PMA_Union. philamuseum sent out a press release and a story was published before we even met as a bargaining team or talked to our members. It was infuriating. Stay strong TUGSA_6290. You have the leverage

As a subscriber, I’d like to know that this is verified. Are the graduate students still on a strike, or no? Seems like shoddy journalism.

the strike isn’t over!

Stop lying

Great news! Good on Temple for being lenient and making decent concessions.

This is not true. The strike is not over.

Maybe y'all should have, I don't know, spoken with anyone in the union?

hey inquirer maybe wait to break a big story until you’ve heard from the people it’s about?

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