rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/dont-leave-some-grad-workers-behind-on-fee-elimination?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-dont-leave-some-grad-workers-behind-on-fee-elimination' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> GSEU Binghamton https://actionnetwork.org/groups/gseu-binghamton https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/share_options/facebook_images/000/445/979/original/Picture1.jpg In the Spring 2022 Semester, after years of campaigning by graduate student employees, Binghamton University created a scholarship to cover broad-based fees previously stolen from graduate workers’ wages. This scholarship was granted only to fully funded, PhD-track graduate workers. It resulted in the recovery of as much as $2,741 of those employees’ annual compensation. However, many of our fellow graduate employees have been excluded from this necessary development, including master’s, non-PhD doctoral, and international graduate student workers. As of right now, graduate workers in master’s and non-PhD doctoral programs (Education and Pharmacy) are still required to pay broad-based fees of up to $2,741 annually, and international students are forced to pay additional fees on top of that. In many situations, these students are working alongside domestic PhD workers as TAs and GAs in the same departments—even the same classes—for much lower pay. Binghamton University has been promised recurring funding from the New York State budget, to increase each year until total fee elimination is achieved for all graduate workers. But the administration continues to act as if master’s, non-PhD doctoral, and international graduate worker fees will not be abolished. SUNY Albany has already eliminated fees for the entirety of their graduate worker population in anticipation of the receipt of these funds, and Stony Brook has done away with international student fees entirely. What is Binghamton University waiting for? All graduate workers, whether TA, GA, or RA, master’s or doctoral student (PhD, EdD, PharmD), domestic or international, make valuable contributions to ensure that Binghamton University functions at the highest possible level. The financial burden of exorbitant broad-based fees leaves many of us living hand to mouth under extreme financial distress. It is unacceptable that only national PhD students are offered this financial relief, while their counterparts in master’s, EdD, and PharmD programs and their international student colleagues perform the same jobs under more desperate financial circumstances. The refusal of the administration to provide equal pay for equal work directly contributes to financial inequality among the very workers who, according to the University, form the backbone of this institution. Sign this petition to call upon President Harvey Stenger to abolish ALL broad-based fees for ALL graduate workers (TAs, GAs, and RAs), regardless of their international status or degree program. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/dont-leave-some-grad-workers-behind-on-fee-elimination