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Cornell Graduate Students United Protests for Competitive Wages, Additional University Support
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Cornell Graduate Students United mobilized during Friday’s Board of Trustees meeting to demand higher wages and increased University support.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/student-workers/)
Cornell Graduate Students United mobilized during Friday’s Board of Trustees meeting to demand higher wages and increased University support.
Citing rising tuition costs and long hours, student workers across campus are calling for the University to raise its minimum wage.
In a Thursday night meeting, the S.A. gathered to discuss late financial aid packages and lobby for the University to officially acknowledge the National Day of Remembrance for the U.S. Indian Boarding Schools.
With the fall semester fully underway, the hustle and bustle of campus is back with in-person classes and events –– but crowding in campus dining halls is posing concerns for some students and workers.
As the University continues to stay at a yellow alert level, workers at testing sites across campus relay the challenges, rewards and experiences of the job.
Student workers and diners with Cornell Dining face unsafe overcrowding and ill-prepared food this semester.
Students workers bear heavy workloads and COVID risks across Cornell’s campus.
Cornell dining workers are adjusting to COVID-19 regulations, but are also concerned by the heightened health risks that they are facing.
Cornell has suspended student dining employment as dining halls continue to downsize — leaving student workers who remain on campus unemployed during the coronavirus pandemic.