Daily News | Striking grad students feel the toll of Temple’s tactics but remain steadfast
If experience at other schools with recent graduate student strikes is any indication, TUGSA could be out for several more weeks — graduate students at Columbia University struck for 10 — but end up with significantly higher pay.
“This will be a short-term pain for a long-term gain,” said Andrew Trites, 36, a third-year graduate student in music education from Wilmington, Del. “I know the union is fighting for family health care, and that would be literally life-altering for my family.” up a lot of the nearly $20,000 annual stipend he receives. During the strike, Trites will have to pay an additional $450 to keep health insurance for himself.He said he’s fortunate that his and his wife’s family can help and the couple has some savings. He also has a second job teaching and playing musicDespite mediation efforts, graduate students and the administration remain at a steadfast impasse, though they were due to return to the bargaining table Tuesday morning.
“What we want to see is them come to the table with something closer to the cost of living in Philadelphia,” she said. “If we see them move toward that, we would be happy to negotiate with them.”
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