Unlike its peer institutions, such as Harvard, MIT, University of Chicago, the University of Pennsylvania, and Northwestern, Stanford has not committed to paying all their workers, including subcontracted workers, through the end of their spring terms.

Since our initial campaign to raise money for SOS row staff members, which raised more than $88,000, around 90 more employees categorized as subcontracted workers by the University were laid off. Students for Workers' Rights is expanding our fundraiser to include all workers, including the hundreds subcontracted under UG-2, Student Organized Services (SOS), and Bon Appetit laid off with zero pay continuance. This puts workers in financially, physically, and emotionally precarious situations in an already turbulent time. Although narratives of individual isolation are important at this time, we implore everyone to collectivize virtually by sharing resources and donating to this fundraiser. 

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We want to clarify that this fundraiser is not attempting to make up for lost wages, because only Stanford has the wealth to do so. However, the situation has become so urgent that we are initiating another fundraiser to function as a supplement to address the immediate crisis and whatever costs may follow.