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Mon Jan 24, 2022, 09:53 AM Jan 2022

Ohio State student workers organize protest, call for higher minimum wage

Dozens of Ohio State students gathered in frigid temperatures for a protest behind the Ohio Union to demand the university raise the minimum wage on campus to $15 an hour for student workers to improve overall working conditions.

As a student assistant in the Ohio Union, Anthony Parker's job varies shift to shift. Parker, a senior majoring in public policy, often works in the dining hall's kitchen preparing orders for Grubhub drivers to pick up.

At a pay rate of $10.50 an hour, Parker earns less working for Ohio State than the delivery drivers picking up the food that he makes.

"The number one issue among students is wages," Parker said at Friday's protest. "The problem is that wages have remained low."

Read more: https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/education/2022/01/22/ohio-state-student-workers-protest-university-raise-minimum-wage/6562850001/
(Columbus Dispatch)

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