AFT President Blasts Temple’s Conduct in Grad Student Labor Row

The labor dispute between Temple University and its striking graduate student workers is growing increasingly contentious, with American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten calling the school’s conduct “morally repugnant.”

Weingarten sent a scathing letter to Temple President Jason Wingard on Friday condemning the university’s decision to cancel the tuition waivers and health-care benefits of striking members of the AFT-affiliated Temple University Graduate Students’ Association.

“It’s akin to what the robber barons of the last century would do,” Weingarten said in the letter. “And now, you won’t even bargain—in fact, you won’t even come to the table unless the workers ...