Sociology and Public Policy PhD @UMSociology @fordschool. Incorrigible hopefulist. Believes in the positive power of educators, unions @geo3550, and community.
@UMPublicAffairs comparing hourly living wage to a full-time extrapolation? Good thing that your GSIs and @geo3550 are trained better than that, despite being paid only 20h/week, 8 months a year. Our compensation demand would *literally* bring us to an actual hourly living wage.
.@UMich is ready, willing and eager to bargain with GEO over a compensation plan, but it requires movement from both sides. Real bargaining requires real compromise. https://t.co/r1lYMoUGlN
Proud to see our soc faculty stand up against retaliations from @umich towards striking GSIs, our grad student union @geo3550, and the value of pedagogy. Shout-out to @frye_maggie and other faculty allies for their dedicated work fostering faculty solidarity!
@UMPublicAffairs: a childcare subsidy covering barely half the cost of childcare in UM centers only, a "wage increase" that doesn't even cover for inflation let alone the 60% gap with cost of living, and the "gift" of not having to pay to work for UM?
@geo3550: not on our watch✊
.@UMich is sharing a new resource with information about the Graduate Employees’ Organization labor negotiations. Learn more here: https://t.co/RZaTCGoufG
Does a graduate instructor's labor contribute 60x less education value than a provost's? Should graduate workers be rent-burdened while a provost makes over a million dollars per year? @geo3550