https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2022/05/13/university-vermont-union-efforts-to-close-wage-gap-crux-uvm-conflict/9716586002/
“Full-time staff salaries at UVM are as low as $27,300 for library support assistants, $27,500 for research assistants, and $28,430 for technical support generalists.
These salaries are all less than the minimum needed to afford rent in Burlington, according to a 2021 cost of living report published by the non-profit National Low Income Housing Coalition.
The report found that the average renter in Burlington needs to make at least $39,178 per year to afford a one-bedroom apartment, and $49,258 to afford a two-bedroom apartment.
"I have had to get a second job just to get by,” UVM program support generalist Crispina Pincus said at a university town hall meeting on Feb. 17. “I didn’t want to work two jobs, working 13 to 15 hours a day. I’m not a superhuman, I get tired.”