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Photos: GTFF holds rally to demand a fair contract after strike authorization

October 18, 2019
MARISSA WILLKE

Rachel Hampton, VP of operations at GTFF, uses a sign as her voice. Following the vote to authorize a strike, the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation holds a rally to demand a fair contract at Johnson Hall on Oct. 18, 2019. (Marissa Willke/Emerald)

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MARISSA WILLKE

Graduate employees and those who stand in solidarity with them chant together. Following the vote to authorize a strike, the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation holds a rally to demand a fair contract at Johnson Hall on Oct. 18, 2019. (Marissa Willke/Emerald)

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