University researchers protest for improved pay and worker status

PhD researchers from universities across the country attended protests in Dublin, Cork and Galway on Thursday as part of their ongoing campaign for better pay and acknowledgment they are workers rather than students

“What we have found is that over the last decade or two a growing number of responsibilities in the universities have fallen on our shoulders,” said PWO president, Conor Reddy.Quake review: An ingeniously staged argument for the value of community in a world of individualsFools for Love? Online dating in a cesspit crawling with creeps and compulsives

The organisation argues that even those who benefit from the proposed increase to €25,000 from an average of around €19,000 now, will still earn roughly €3,000 less than the Living Wage. Yvonne Kiely from DCU said researchers there were being left behind even as the institution unveiled ambitious plans for the future.

The researchers acknowledge that there were some positive aspects to it but, says Mr Reddy, “we were disappointed that the deeper issues beyond pay weren’t adequately addressed”.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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