Talks are set to resume Thursday to avert a strike at American University in D.C. Hundreds of clerical, technical and academic staffers plan to strike next week if a deal over wages and health care benefits isn’t reached.
The university and a union representing the workers have been working on an agreement for more than a year, The Washington Post reports. Salary increases and pay equity are the main sticking points, with staffers wanting raises totaling 9% over two years. The union also wants to ensure no full-time staffer makes less than $40,000. Without a contract in place, staffers plan to walk the picket lines for up to five days starting Monday, the day students will move onto campus.
We're going on strike 💪 #AStrikeReadyU #AUChangeCantWait #HotLaborSummer pic.twitter.com/QOu5d68Cu9
— AU Staff Union (@austaffunion) August 11, 2022