Dear Labor Relations,
If the University would like “reasonable documentation” for why UCSC graduate students are sick tomorrow, I refer the University to the following:
1. The University of California Graduate Student Well-Being Survey Report
2. Findings from the Graduate and Professional Student Cost of Attendance Survey
3. Update on Exploring Housing Insecurity among University of California Students
6. Rent for Graduate Student Housing
7. Rent for Family Student Housing
8. Grad Life Before COLA #1: Salad Days
9. Grad Life Before COLA #2: Internet, Food, or Medical Care? Choose One
10. Grad Life Before COLA #3: Five Years of Mold Poisoning
11. Grad Life Before COLA #4: Struggling Every Day
12. Grad Life Before COLA #5: Unsafe Housing and Living Unhoused
13. Grad Life Before COLA #6: “I need a COLA to keep faith in this institution”
14. Grad Life Before COLA #7: Juggling Four Part-Time Jobs to Afford Rent
15. Grad Life Before COLA #8: “The only thing that can keep me going is a COLA”
16. Grad Life Before COLA #9: Abusive Landlords Lead to Houselessness
17. Grad Life Before COLA #10: Financial Precarity Takes a Toll on Mental Health
Is that “reasonable” enough?
All best,
Stephen David Engel