The average graduate employee is paid

$16,084

for 9 months of work at the University of Oregon

80% of GEs

do not make a living wage

UO has

1451 GEs

In 2019

President Michael Schill
will be paid

$720,000

equivalent to 45 GEs

29

Executive Administrators
will be paid

$9,318,282

Equivalent to 579 GEs

GEs made up

2%

of all expenses in 2018

GTFF's proposed contract would increase UO's budget by

0.1%

(based on a 3% pay raise and no cuts to healthcare w/ 5% premium increase)

UO's proposed contract would decrease UO's budget by

0.3%

(based on a 2% pay raise, healthcare contribution decreases, and fee increases)

After necessary expenses

GEs scrape by to barely break even

UO's proposed contract

would put GEs

$3313

in debt, annually

GEs with children are already

$9610

short of paying basic expenses

UO's Contract would make families take on

$12066

in debt, annually

UO's contract

punishes graduate employees earning poverty wages.

to pad the salaries of its adminstrators

Tell UO it's time for a fair contract

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