Facing Fall Strike, IU Administration Raises Pay Floor, Ends Mandatory Fees

August 2, 2022 — With a fall strike vote looming, the IU Bloomington Administration announced that “Effective retroactively to July 1, 2022, IU will increase minimum SAA stipends to $22,000; cover the mandatory graduate student fees of $1,435 currently paid by all SAAs; as well as cover course-specific fees for SAAs in programs that charge them.” These echo long-time demands of the IGWC-UE and represent a critical advance in campus equity. The change, however, does not cover international student fees, which unfairly burden graduate workers who are not US citizens.