Unionized graduate students employed at the University of Michigan plan to walk off the job tomorrow.
Members of the Graduate Employees Organization are pushing for a substantial pay increase, to what they describe as a “livable wage” for Ann Arbor.
University administrators are offering a far smaller pay hike.
Amir Fleischmann is a union spokesman.
“You shouldn’t have to be rich to be a grad student at UM.” said Fleishmann.
U of M officials say classes will continue with “substitute instructors and other means for delivering instruction.
U of M spokesman Rick Fitzgerald says U of M will continue to work toward reaching an agreement with the graduate employees.