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[collective thinking @collthinking420]

UC pitches their proposed wage increases for academic workers as "highly competitive". But have you wondered what these wages would look like if increased by the same % over time as UC employers, including your boss? You can do this now using https://t.co/Uf4YFGMaXp 1/n

[inquilab zindabad @earthlyknowings]

to all faculty who sympathize with students for being overworked/underpaid: i invite you to talk to your colleagues to organize solutions. if at least 10 faculty each gave $100/month to a mutual aid fund, imagine the safety net we could create. at least 9k over an academic year

[collective thinking @collthinking420]

@henhousesinger is this data available? would love to explore how to visualize departmental disparities

[collective thinking @collthinking420]

@christina_hbr @saulivanx @AlyxVolzer Our error at the moment, given the inaccuracy of our data, would likely encompass and exceed rent burden for average rent of shared homes. We also would to add that everyone in collective thinking has roommates and yet will remain rent burdened by the end of the TAd proposal

[collective thinking @collthinking420]

We believe a contract should be weighed by its merits, including whether wages will pull workers out of rent burden. Our new https://t.co/2paBLFPzx3 rent burden tracker shows that by 10/2024, only 1 position (Teaching Fellow) at 1 campus (UC Merced) will escape rent burden.

[collective thinking @collthinking420]

@christina_hbr @saulivanx Hey @christina_hbr, we recommend reading the above comment thread for a brief discussion about coping with poverty wages by sharing living spaces

We’ll also point out that, as @AlyxVolzer said earlier, our data is underestimating current market rates by ~40%

[collective thinking @collthinking420]

@christina_hbr @saulivanx https://t.co/ss7xDeNkGP

[Alyx Volzer @AlyxVolzer]

@collthinking420 while harder to quantify it should be noted that common coping mechanisms 4housing cost increases is downsizing (eg from 1bdrm apt to renting a rm in a house) or increasing the # of occupants. UC caseworkers suggest that over the past decades fewer grad students rent 1bdrm apts

[collective thinking @collthinking420]

@AlyxVolzer Sweet, thanks for the suggestions. We will add that! Also just want to be clear that we're open to any feedback, suggestions, data/support at any point. This is an evolving project and we are always slight tweaks/edits!

[collective thinking @collthinking420]

@AlyxVolzer Hey Alyx, we did not have time to scrape new data, so went with the HUD data curated by UC strike organizers. We can put this on a list of tasks but wanted to get some estimate of rent burden out before the vote ends tomorrow. If you have time to help we'd love the support!

[collective thinking @collthinking420]

@AlyxVolzer Hey Alyx, thanks. We recognize this is predicted data but it was the best source we were aware of. We'd love to have the most accurate data available, would you mind sending us resources or even the raw data if you have it?

[collective thinking @collthinking420]

#FairUCNow #UAWOnStrike #COLA4All

[collective thinking @collthinking420]

There is only 1 day remaining to vote on this TA'd contract. We hope @sruuaw and @uaw2865 workers consider whether their contract will provide wages sufficient for housing and other living expenses, especially in the midst of the California housing crisis.

[collective thinking @collthinking420]

@HayleyBounds @neurokev @sruuaw @uaw2865 Posted graph represents 9-m ASE and 12-m GSR for UC proposals. Summer ASE funding is not guaranteed under UC's proposals but was in UAW's. We updated the tracker to reflect 12-month ASEs with that stipulation. Even assuming summer $, UAW has moved 2x more than UC for ASE wages

[collective thinking @collthinking420]

As we continue with mediation and consider our proposed wages, we find it important to see how much the @sruuaw @uaw2865 vs the UC has moved on the bargaining table. Our https://t.co/2paBLFQ7mB proposal tracker allows you to easily visualize the disparity in wage movement:

[R&F for a Democratic Union @uclarnf]

At a UCLA department townhall that took place *immediately* before the BT's vote to TA, at least half of department reps expressed serious concern about the speed of the TA/ratification process. A thread 1/

[collective thinking @collthinking420]

@newearthlove Not just you whatsoever, that's exactly what has happened

[collective thinking @collthinking420]

#FairUCNow #UAWonStrike

[collective thinking @collthinking420]

We believe in fighting for an equitable academic system where one can survive, support a family, and invest in their futures while attending graduate school. We hope this tool allows striking workers to keep a livable and just wage at the center of their discourse.