Washington University Protesters Seeking $15 Hourly Wage Tell Chancellor 'Don't Be a Grinch'
ST. LOUIS -- Wearing Christmas hats, Washington University campus workers and student activists marched around campus Friday, singing altered Christmas carols to urge administrators to raise university workers' wages and offer childcare.
Organized by the Washington University Graduate Workers Union (WUGWU) and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the "All I Want for Christmas is $15" demonstration was staged in front of Knight Hall, the planned location for the university’s Board of Trustees meeting on December 7.
The protesters’ set list included a version of “Jingle Bells” that replaced the traditional lyrics with “Jingle bells/ fight like hell/ for a living wage. I got bills/ that I can’t fill/ till the next time I get paid.”
Another chant took a shot at the university's chancellor Mark Wrighton, replacing the lyrics of “Oh Christmas Tree” with “A living wage, a living wage, is all we need for Christmas/ Wash U.’s wages make me flinch/ Wrighton, don’t be a Grinch!”
Read more: https://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2018/12/10/wash-u-protesters-seeking-15-hourly-wage-tell-chancellor-dont-be-a-grinch
I recall that about a month ago in Minneapolis-St. Paul similar protests were held and the private universities said that they would have to increase tuition to offset any pay increase if wages increased to $15/hour. I wonder if Washington University will be in the same predicament?