Most PhDs take about six and a half years to complete; at U of T, PhD students are funded for only four or five of these years. When we entered U of T, we were told that a guaranteed Doctoral Completion Grant would sustain us after the four to five years of guaranteed funding. Last year, the Administration eliminated that Grant without consulting or even informing us. Now, in the last years of our PhDs, we're left with nothing. For the international students who make up 25% of our membership, it's impossible to accept work off campus or even to take on loans. Without work or funding, these students face deportation. CUPE 3902 members love our work. We just want to be given the tools to do it well. We also want U of T to live up to the funding commitment they made to us when we entered so that we can finish our degrees. We want graduate school to be a viable option -- with meaningful work, reliable income, and adequate support -- for future students. If you're thinking of going to graduate school, this means you. We've proposed fixing the broken structure of graduate student funding. The U of T has refused even to discuss it. We don't want to strike but we will We have explained all of this to the Administration. We've made reasonable, common-sense proposals, and we've conveyed the strength of our resolve with a 91% strike vote. The ball is now in their