Why Kingston, Ontario’s Rising Costs-of-Living are at the Centre of a New Strike at Queen’s University

Why Kingston, Ontario’s Rising Costs-of-Living are at the Centre of a New Strike at Queen’s University

Graduate students at Queen’s University say they are going on strike because they can no longer afford rising costs-of-living in Kingston, Ontario given what the city’s biggest employer is paying them. The strike began last week after a breakdown in negotiations with the employer. The union, PSAC 901 Unit 1, which represents graduate student workers, including research assistants, and teaching assistants, is seeking fair wages, tuition minimizat…