Just how valuable are @UNM grad workers⁉️ (🧵 1/10)
Grad workers teach 19.2% of undergrad courses‼️ (2/10)
For comparison, tenure-track professors teach 26.8% of undergrad courses (3/10)
For courses with grad worker instructors, @UNM is receiving $12.9 million in tuition & course fees for just this semester (4/10)
In compensation & benefits, @UNM is only paying the graduate employees who are listed as instructors for all courses an estimated total of $2.6 million (5/10)
. @UNM undergrads are charged $878.60 per 3 hour course.

For a class with only 40 students, a grad employee instructor would gain $35,144 for the university. (6/10)
Yet, grad workers are paid only an average of $3,690 per class they teach!! (7/10)
We are valuable and we deserve better‼️ (8/10)
Attend our #RallyForRecognition events including our Mutual Aid and Meal Prep cook-in 🧑‍🍳🍚🌶🥬 later today and our #SaltOfTheEarth 🪧 screening on Saturday!! (10/10)
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