Living Wages for all University Employees

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Living Wages for all University Employees

University of Illinois @ Chicago

As of July 1, 2021, the minimum wage for Chicago will be fixed to $15 /hr. This bump came after years of fighting for a livable wage for those in the public care and service industries. However, under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), some institutions are exempt from minimum wage laws. Universities are authorized to pay undergraduate workers, graduate TAs, maintenance staff, and other institutionally-employed staff below the minimum wage.

Current pay rates are unsustainable for most university workers, especially given the high cost of living and tuition in the city of Chicago. The fight for fifteen is a fight for all workers, whether or not they work for a university or private company.

University of Illinois - Chicago DSA, the students of UIC, and the UIC graduate employees organization are demanding that Chicago’s new minimum wage law be extended university employees.

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University of Illinois at Chicago McNamara

Chicago, Illinois

To: University of Illinois @ Chicago
From: [Your Name]

We demand that Chicago’s new minimum wage law be extended to all university employees, so that workers will be able to receive a living wage for their labor. University employees support UIC in countless vital ways, and it is only fair that UIC support them on this most basic level.