http://scienceblogs.com/primatediaries/2009/11/university_of_illinois_graduat.phphttp://www.uigeo.org/2009/11/08/official-press-release-for-the-first-time-major-student-union-at-university-of-illinois-overwhelmingly-votes-to-authorize-a-strike/They actually did strike,
and they won, according to what I was able to look up in a few minutes. This was mostly about a living wage, but the comments I've found have linked it to specific humanities departments who were getting shafted rather than other departments whose students were being paid more. So why weren't all students getting paid the same? I thought that was standard at most schools.
In the end, what do you think? Should graduate students get to strike at all? How much should graduate students get paid? How much are they worth as instructors, to the school and to the undergraduates they are teaching? How much are they worth as researchers? I know someone who has something like four jobs plus grad school--how is this possible at a time when
education is touted as the solution to the worlds problems?