University of Memphis Workers Rally for a Living Wage | Poverty in America | Change.org

University of Memphis Workers Rally for a Living Wage | Poverty in America | Change.org

University of Memphis Workers Rally for a Living Wage

by Brittany Shoot

Anyone who has gone to college knows that even the smallest university campus doesn't function without the efforts of underappreciated institutional employees: folks who work in the food service, clean the dorms and campus buildings, and maintain the lawns that so many undergrads use for Frisbee games or lounging around in the warmer months, pretending to study. What may shock you is that many of those vital service employees aren't paid a living wage.

Ask the University of Memphis to pay its workers a living wage!

At the University of Memphis, workers are fighting back. Some university employees arrive as early as 4 a.m. and don't leave work until mid-afternoon. Even some clerical workers and adjunct professors make poverty-level wages. Worse, health insurance premiums are slated to go up by more than 30 percent this January. Some