

31, accusing the school of paying wages that are not enough to cover the cost of living.

Graduate students who work as TAs and RAs at Temple - teaching classes, grading papers, and supporting scientific endeavors - have been on strike since Jan. Temple University, a public school in Philadelphia with roughly 40,000 students, confirmed Wednesday that teaching and research assistants who take part in a strike over low pay will have their health coverage suspended and be forced to cover the full cost of tuition, a move that's being condemned as unjust retaliation by union organizers and local officials. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
