On the one hand, as a strong supporter of labor, I absolutely support the students here, striking for better conditions. On the other hand, when an employee of

On the one hand, as a strong supporter of labor, I absolutely support the students here, striking for better conditions. On the other hand, when an employee of a private employer strikes, what they are saying is, "We want you to shift more of your profits to the employees than you are now.". But when a public worker strikes, what they are saying is, "We want you to take away resources from someone else and give it to us.". And that is when things get tricky, because you have to ask who is losing resources so that they can pay the grad students more. Will they take it away from administrative positions? (great!) Or will they hike tuition, essentially taking it from other students (who may not mind since they can get ever bigger federally backed loans which is a whole other problem). In short, I stand with the students but I don't think there is any good solution here, unless the state can be convinced to increase funding.