Reconsider

Well, after a full night of sleeping on the strike issue. I've decided that I've changed my mind.
1. Graduate students are in school to make more money LATER in life.
2. They know that money will be tight and their time will be constrained.
3. Graduate students do not in fact work 40 hours a week on teaching.
4. If graduate students want to start families or already have families and want to become graduate students, they should talk those financial obligations over with their spouse ahead of time.

Maybe if people saw graduate school as more of a stepping stone, sort of like undergraduate work, they would be more understanding of the living wage conditions they are or are not earning. And also, the wage you receive is based upon how much grant money your department pulls in. The faculty and students have to be dedicated to writing grants and bringing money into the department.

I guess I am of the mindset that the University hasn't reneged on anything they provided for in the contract I signed, so I'm not too worried about it.