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UGA staffer, PhD candidate call for higher education bailout

$3.6 billion. That’s the amount Georgia state agencies will cut from their budgets in the next fiscal year in response to COVID-19.

UGA staffer, PhD candidate call for higher education bailout

The Fight Continues: Graduate Students And Fees in Georgia

April was a big month for UCWGA graduate students. It marked the culmination of year-long, statewide efforts calling for the repeal of the Special Institutional Fee (SIF), which was instituted as a temporary fee after the 2008 financial crisis.

The Fight Continues: Graduate Students And Fees in Georgia

UCWGA Newsletter April 2020

UCWGA Newsletter April 2020

UCWGA: No furloughs for workers earning less than $65,000

United Campus Workers of Georgia also said "Gov. Brian Kemp and state leaders want to maintain a business-friendly environment 'at the expense of students and workers'."

UCWGA: No furloughs for workers earning less than $65,000

The Fight for Our Future

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is requesting a 14% reduction in budgets for every state agency. His justification: increased unemployment due to the COVID-19 pandemic will reduce state revenues. But 14% budget cuts will only deepen the profound unemployment crisis.

The Fight for Our Future

UCWGA Calls for Compassion in Response to 14% Budget Decrease

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UCWGA Calls for Compassion in Response to 14% Budget Decrease