no, because we are talking about two different parties. the people in the union do not pay tuition, so it is irrelevant to them. most graduate students who are

no, because we are talking about two different parties. the people in the union do not pay tuition, so it is irrelevant to them. most graduate students who are working do it in lieu of paying tuition the entire dispute, hence the article, is that they are not paid enough and the value of their work is basically dwindling in comparison to the tuition that they would otherwise be paying and comparable work. there are two options - either lower their tuition, which is not helpful since they do not pay, or raise their wages. USC did not comply, and thus they had to unionize and force the issue. the other pro-union argument is that those who are working who are not graduate students will benefit as the wage that's being paid will also need to reflect the non-union wage since there are non-graduate students, like lab techs, who often do the exact same job as someone in grad school in a lab.