SnapCrackleMom t1_iqn1bco wrote on October 1, 2022 at 4:19 PM

Why specifically a safer campus for international workers?

DonHedger OP t1_iqn2b4u wrote on October 1, 2022 at 4:26 PM

It's in terms of job/academic security. International workers have many more hoops to jump through and fewer resources to guarantee they can finish their studies without bureaucratic interference.

SnapCrackleMom t1_iqn4922 wrote on October 1, 2022 at 4:40 PM

Ah. When I read "safer campus" I think of physical safety, not job security. Thanks for clarifying.

DonHedger OP t1_iqn5kyn wrote on October 1, 2022 at 4:49 PM

Yeah no worries. It's definitely not clear

themoneybadger t1_iqo3krm wrote on October 1, 2022 at 8:52 PM

Maybe it should be so you can actually rally people to the cause :b

DonHedger OP t1_iqo4jj7 wrote on October 1, 2022 at 8:59 PM

I agree. It's not my flyer. I'm just sharing it.

dwntwnleroybrwn t1_iqtsrjd wrote on October 3, 2022 at 1:02 AM

> bureaucratic interference.

A protest at a university is not going to change federal immigration laws. But go have your party if it'll make you feel better.

DonHedger OP t1_iqvahun wrote on October 3, 2022 at 11:03 AM

I appreciate you pointing that out, even if you're trying to be snarky about it, but I don't know why you would think a few hundred grad students wouldn't know that. This is a labor demonstration regarding the contract between the university and its employees. Graduate Student unions are nationally-recognized, official unions, like any other labor union you might come across. We know what we're arguing. The only things being protested are policies the university can but will not change.

voidyman t1_iqoaqdv wrote on October 1, 2022 at 9:45 PM

The pay and benefits are auch that international students cannot support themselves on it. Some are forced to work more than the allowed 20 hours a week for extra pay. Domestic students have a legal way to supplement their stipend. International students dont.