UI graduate workers stage protest on campus, demand higher wages

Graduate student worker union COGS says current wages do not keep up with inflation, are unlivable

By: Annie Smith Barkalow|January 29, 2025

Members of UI's graduate student worker union COGS gather Wednesday outside the Pentacrest. Wages are not keeping step with inflation and are not sustainable, they say.

Members of UI's graduate student worker union COGS gather Jan. 29 outside the Pentacrest. CREDIT ANNIE SMITH BARKALOW

Graduate student employees at the University of Iowa are demanding a raise, citing unlivable wages that do not keep up with inflation.

Their union, Campaign to Organize Student Workers, or COGS, gathered on an unusually warm afternoon Jan. 29 at noon on the Pentacrest lawn in hopes of raising awareness of their situation and to send a message to UI President Barbara Wilson.

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