Temple University withdraws tuition aid and benefits for some striking students

Temple University has withdrawn tuition assistance and benefits for some graduate students who have been participating in an open-ended labor strike on the Philadelphia campus, according to emails received by many of those students this week. 

After more than a year of unsuccessful negotiations with the university, the Temple University Graduate Students' Association (TUGSA) Local 6290, a union representing 750 graduate students and research assistants, went on strike Jan 31.  

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, this marked the first strike in the union's two-decade history.