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Board embanks and adopts resolution urging Saint Louis University to negotiate with graduate student workers
Summary
The Board unanimously embanked and adopted Resolution 67 urging Saint Louis University to engage in good-faith bargaining with graduate student workers; the sponsor cited graduate stipends of about $25,000–$30,000 and said many students face economic hardship.
The Board of Aldermen on July 10 embanked and then adopted Resolution 67, a nonbinding statement of solidarity with graduate student workers at Saint Louis University calling on the university to negotiate in good faith.
The alderwoman from the 7th, sponsor of the resolution, said graduate students often earn "about $25,000 to $30,000 a year" and described limits on outside employment and health-care costs that leave many students economically vulnerable. She said the resolution is meant to encourage the university to return to the bargaining table.
Board members from multiple wards added their names as co-sponsors and the motion passed by voice vote with broad bipartisan support. The board described the action as a public statement intended to support organizing efforts and to pressure the institution toward negotiation.
Next steps: the resolution is symbolic; it does not create a legal obligation but is intended to support the workers’ bargaining leverage and publicize the board’s position.
