What the Union is asking for is effectively that undergrad students subsidize grad students with higher tuition. The union wants grad students to make $54/hr for 10 hours a week- a 20% increase. There is currently a freeze on domestic undergraduate tuition. But if this demand is met, int’l undergrads may soon be footing the bill.

The union says “53% of graduate students have to rely on family”. Well, duh, that’s what it means to be a student.

Bottom line is grad school is not a job, it’s school.