With the spring semester set to resume January 18th under the spectre of a disrupted campus, Columbia administrators offered a tentative agreement late Thursday.
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“Currently, the University pays graduate student workers $6,000-$19,000 below a living wage according to the MIT cost-of-living calculator for New York City, depending on the program we’re in,”. “Some of our members have had to sign up for SNAP benefits to make ends meet, particularly if they have caretaking responsibilities or raise children.”
Hourly wages for instructional or research work will increase from $15 to $21 immediately, and then to $22.50 by August 2024. Healthcare and childcare benefits for students and their families were improved, and the university will offer arbitration and mediation services with independent third parties.
, who went on strike March 15th after two years of failed negotiating with the university over similar demands for salary and stipend increases and better healthcare funding.
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