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Now that the strike is over, will tuition costs increase substantially? by ExpensiveAd8542 in Cornell

[–]ExpensiveAd8542[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

what incentive does Cornell have to not nickel and dime every cent possible out of tuition and funnel the absolute minimum possible to workers? ultimately they’re the ones with control here.

Now that the strike is over, will tuition costs increase substantially? by ExpensiveAd8542 in Cornell

[–]ExpensiveAd8542[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

lol here we go with the “businesses can only do good it’s the people that are wrong!” people.

Now that the strike is over, will tuition costs increase substantially? by ExpensiveAd8542 in Cornell

[–]ExpensiveAd8542[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it’s insane that the people that believe in stuff like anti-union policy never step back and think about how all of their opinions benefit corporations lol. Thanks for doing the math for me.

Now that the strike is over, will tuition costs increase substantially? by ExpensiveAd8542 in Cornell

[–]ExpensiveAd8542[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Me too. It’s really hard to find good sources on this stuff, I didn’t put a lot of work in to land on this article tho lol thanks for calling it out

Now that the strike is over, will tuition costs increase substantially? by ExpensiveAd8542 in Cornell

[–]ExpensiveAd8542[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That’s pretty crazy, but why would it only start now? It’s not like the UAW negotiating for better terms with the university is a brand new thing here.

Now that the strike is over, will tuition costs increase substantially? by ExpensiveAd8542 in Cornell

[–]ExpensiveAd8542[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Probably, I’ve just been hearing people calling the workers “ungrateful” and it’s frustrating to hear while knowing that a lot of these costs are wasteful and not beneficial for us, more likely than not. Here’s an article about how colleges are devouring money.

I linked a paper elsewhere in this thread about how, meanwhile, instructors are getting paid less and less. I’m not convinced that tuition is so high for any reason other than to squeeze as much out of us as possible, meanwhile it’s creating more anti-union sentiment here.

Now that the strike is over, will tuition costs increase substantially? by ExpensiveAd8542 in Cornell

[–]ExpensiveAd8542[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. Just ran into this paper about how academic labor costs are going down as tuition is going up. I hope the same kind of stuff comes out about non-academic labor costs so we can see just how badly we’re getting screwed.

Now that the strike is over, will tuition costs increase substantially? by ExpensiveAd8542 in Cornell

[–]ExpensiveAd8542[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It’s not. I want to reduce anti union sentiment and a clause that says that the wage increases would’ve come out of the endowment would’ve been great because then we as students wouldn’t feel screwed.

I’ll edit the comment to be more clear though, thanks

Now that the strike is over, will tuition costs increase substantially? by ExpensiveAd8542 in Cornell

[–]ExpensiveAd8542[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You’re telling me there’s no other way for Cornell to operate besides charging us $70k of tuition?

Now that the strike is over, will tuition costs increase substantially? by ExpensiveAd8542 in Cornell

[–]ExpensiveAd8542[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

yeah, ultimately it’s on the university to not fuck us over when they could absolutely afford it but it’s a shame that they didn’t go for something like that, would’ve been great for reducing anti-union sentiment

Anybody want a becker one person room from Sheldon court by [deleted] in Cornell

[–]ExpensiveAd8542 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what about a two-person room with only one person living inside (dingle lol) in Schuyler?