YEAHILIKEFATCHICKS t1_j80zetu wrote on February 10, 2023 at 8:45 PM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Graduate Students at Temple University Lose Tuition Remission Over Student Strike by EranAfom

Tuition remission isn’t exactly payment though. I personally would not have gone to grad school at all if I didn’t get 50% off my tuition for being a grad assistant. The actual pay would maybe cover books for a semester.

What I would like to know is whether Temple is violating labor laws by retaliating against striking workers.

TardigradeTsunami t1_j82q5tp wrote on February 11, 2023 at 4:43 AM

Seems like textbook retaliation to me

CltAltAcctDel t1_j81r6vs wrote on February 10, 2023 at 11:56 PM

It might not be payment but it’s compensation of some form. You got something in exchange for being a grad assistant. Is every grad student a grad assistant?

[deleted] t1_j819rde wrote on February 10, 2023 at 9:52 PM

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demonicego93 t1_j81cgyo wrote on February 10, 2023 at 10:11 PM

Did they think that?

[deleted] t1_j81e1g1 wrote on February 10, 2023 at 10:22 PM

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demonicego93 t1_j81fswj wrote on February 10, 2023 at 10:35 PM

Ah, that's fair and makes sense.

Lunamothknits t1_j81o36d wrote on February 10, 2023 at 11:34 PM

True, there’s never a time when a Big Entity breaks labor laws. 😐

[deleted] t1_j81s441 wrote on February 11, 2023 at 12:03 AM

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