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The Temple University Graduate Student Association (TUGSA 6290), a union that represents more than 750 graduate student workers at Temple has entered the second month of their strike. TUGSA, the only graduate student union in Pennsylvania, continues to fight for a living wage, greater parental and bereavement leave, and dependent healthcare. Founded in 1997, TUGSA is on strike for the first time, making this the first graduate student strike in Pennsylvania’s history. More

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