Loyola Graduate Students Call for School to Treat Them as Workers, Increase Compensation

Loyola University (IL) graduate students blocked the entrance to its administrative offices in protest Monday, calling for the school to treat them like employees and increase their compensation. Police breaking up the protest arrested seven of the students Monday afternoon after they refused to make space in front of a doorway. They were later charged with disorderly conduct. The debate comes down to a definition: are people who work as teaching assistants while studying to earn graduate degrees students, or workers? Or both?