English teaching assistants (T. A. 's) staged a massive work slowdown at the University of Virginia last week to protest low wages. The T. A. 's who earn $3400 a year, are refusing to work more than the 10-hours a week the university pass them for.
We can't make it as students with the support were getting said English I A Charles Fergenott. Fergenott said that teaching loads help lengthen the time English graduate students take to complete their dissertation from five to seven years.
Last semester, the University of Virginia turned down I A requests for a $2000 raise and full tuition waiver. The Cavalier Daily
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