ORGANIZING/MOBILIZING SPOTLIGHT: At UT Health-San Antonio, members worked together to kick-off a campus-wide pay raise campaign. With additional organizing/mobilizing events being planed, members have already signed up 13 of their co-workers this August while calling attention to employee pay.
TSEU members are urging UT Health San Antonio President William L. Henrich to approve a flat amount, across-the-board pay raise for every campus worker at the university. They point out that UT Health clinical, staff, and faculty employees are essential workers. They have been and remain on the front lines during this global pandemic as the community relies on the critical research, education, and services the university provides.
Moreover, TSEU members say, merit pay cannot replace across-the-board pay raises. In fact, some of the lowest-paid workers in Texas are currently employed at academic and health science universities, making just over $20,000 for full-time work. Members say that if goal for UT Health-San Antonio is to attract and retain employees of the highest quality, it must support all campus workers who make the institution a top tier medical university.
TSEU members are asking their co-workers to stand with them in signing the pay raise petition and to join TSEU. Employees have stated that low pay is a critical issue at the university. TSEU members plan to meet with President Henrich to present the signatures to him and ask him to act.
