focus -WSS

focus

author：focus 2025-09-06 04:30:12 - browse：72

UC San Diego students protested at an alumni event in May, where they accused university leadership of wage theft. Courtesy UAW 2865

University of California graduate students were thrilled last December when they won what they thought were big pay increases after an unprecedented strike. Most of them could expect a 10% salary increase the first year of the new three-year contract, the university system said. But students contend it hasn’t worked out that way.

Graduate students on some of the academic system’s 10 campuses are accusing their universities of wage theft, claiming they’re using sleight of hand to credit them with fewer hours than they’re actually working to offset the pay hike. Some say they’ve been underpaid by $4,000 or more in the first eight months of this year.

The university system insists it’s following the contract negotiated last December with the United Auto Workers, the union that represents UC academic workers. But STAT’s review of student appointment letters and internal departmental emails lend support to some of the claims of graduate students in the life sciences. These records show student salaries can vary significantly in ways that don’t seem to match their actual workload. The documents also show what students argue are convoluted attempts by graduate programs to address their concerns without actually raising their wages.

Get unlimited access to award-winning journalism and exclusive events.

Subscribe Log In

Previous article： How one medical school became remarkably diverse
Next article： The painfully weak evidence on taking collagen to treat arthritis

leisure time

WSS

Drastic changes should bring profitability, startup health insurers say

Drastic changes should bring profitability, startup health insurers say

Former Georgia lieutenant governor says he received grand jury subpoena

More regulation could be coming for drug ads

Sage's campaign to raise awareness of postpartum depression hits a nerve

FTX founder Sam Bankman

leisure time

focus

focus

Sports medicine is finally prioritizing gender equality

Maui's cultural, historic landmarks damaged in the devastating wildfires

Wildfire smoke exposes gaps in outdoor worker protections

A biotech analyst on neuroscience, placebo effect, not over

George Santos makes 1st court appearance after pleading not guilty to 13 counts

Drastic changes should bring profitability, startup health insurers say

Sports medicine is finally prioritizing gender equality

NYC struggling to keep up with demand of supporting asylum seekers, Mayor Adams says

Sports medicine is finally prioritizing gender equality

Trump attorney outlines possible Jan. 6 legal defenses, but some experts are skeptical

entertainment

South Korea throws huge K

Friends ask where James Watson's attitudes about race came from

Jack Smith previously got search warrant for Trump's Twitter, new court docs show

Astronauts get first look at the spacecraft that will fly them around the moon

Naloxone nonprofit donates 200,000 doses after FDA approval

Amylyx's ALS drug launch starts strong. It could be trouble for FDA

hotspot

leisure time

focus

hotspot