RedState Reports: Before doing something, it’s best to know what it entails. Such a policy may not have been perfectly followed in Philadelphia. As reported by The Temple News, on January 31st, the Temple University Graduate Students’ Association [TUGSA] declared a strike. Evidently, they aren’t highly paid:

The average graduate student worker earns approximately $19,500 a year and TUGSA members have been advocating for their pay to be increased to $32,800. Temple has offered the union a three percent annual pay increase, a one-time payment of $500 to certain individuals, double parental leave and additional bereavement leave.

In a February 6th announcement, Provost Gregory Mandel expressed the school’s desire for resolution:

Temple University and the Temple University Graduate Student Association (TUGSA) bargaining representatives are scheduled to meet with a mediator this week to discuss a path forward. The university’s top priority remains the shared learning experiences of students, and the community appreciates most graduate assistants, more than 80%, who continue their duties in instruction and research.

But the college also stood firm:

[I]t is imperative that all students continue to attend the classes for which they are registered and complete assignments as required by the assigned instructor. This is the best way for students to be sure that their academic progress is not impeded and they earn the credits for which they are registered.

Research and teaching assistants who do not report to work will not be paid and are subject to tuition payments while remaining off the job.

The above appears to have possibly been less than anticipated. As characterized by The College Fix, some refusing to work have been “shocked” to lose their health benefits and free tuition. Online, Ph.D. candidate Madison Ingram posted a screenshot of Temple’s missive to those not doing their jobs: