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What minimun wage anyway? I see signs out at gas stations advertising jobs for 6.50 or 7.00 an hour. I would think your college might be competing with off campus jobs. Barb "Becky E. Osborne" wrote: > On our campus all student workers receive minimum wage. This includes our > peer tutors. We are advocating with our Board of Trustees to be allowed to > tie the CRLA certification levels to an increase in wages, but that has not > yet been approved. We've used the same argument--as an educational > institution our policies should reflect the value that education pays off. > However, some still drag their feet insisting that "student" workers should > all be paid the same across campus, apparently whether they're unpacking > boxes in Campus Services or tutoring calculus. Obviously, I disagree. > > As I said in an earlier post, our professional tutors are paid $9.45. At > present we only have those two levels. > > Becky E. Osborne, MA/LPC > Student Support Services Center > Danville Area Community College > 2000 E. Main St. > Danville, IL 61832 > (217)443-8702 > (217)443-8563 FAX > [log in to unmask] -- Barbara M. Stout Supplemental Instructional Specialist Learning Skills Center The University of Pittsburgh 311 Wm. Pitt Union Pittsburgh, PA 15260 412-648-7920 [log in to unmask] "You must do the things you think you cannot do." Eleanor Roosevelt