The University of Michigan’s Central Student Government (CSG) discussed the Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) initiative to increase the University’s minimum wage to $15 an hour on Tuesday night. A group of 26 students also attended the assembly to communicate the harm felt by the Palestinian community following CSG’s decision to archive its May 2021 statement in support of Palestine from CSG’s social media page on April 12.
LSA freshman Natalie Leach, president of YDSA, a student-led organization aiming to promote social and economic equity, discussed their organizations’ petition to urge CSG to support establishing a universal $15 minimum wage for students working within the University. With June marking the University’s Board of Regents’ vote to finalize next year’s budget, Leach asked CSG to use its influence to advocate for the raise and highlighted the board’s lack of student acknowledgment.
“In the summer of 2021, the Board of Regents approved a $15 minimum wage for all non-temporary employees across the Ann Arbor, Flint and Dearborn campuses,” Leach said. “What they failed to do is extend this wage to temporary employees … it happens that all students are classified as temporary employees.”
With the cost of living in Ann Arbor skyrocketing, Leach argued that all University staff and student employees deserve a wage increase, especially given the University’s $17 billion endowment.
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