UW-Madison graduate assistants at risk of losing wages, insurance when becoming parents
KIMBERLY WETHAL
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UW-Madison graduate assistant Erin Conley walks with daughter Maxine Campbell, 2, on campus. Conley, who founded the Wisconsin Student Parents Organization, is expecting her second child and considers herself lucky to have been able to time the baby's birth with summer break.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Erin Conley said she had what she considers to be the "optimal" experience in getting paid family leave, but acknowledges many other graduate assistants to do not.
Erin Conley says her department was able to secure funding to give her a maternity leave so she could recover from Maxine's birth without losing her family's health insurance.
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UW-Madison graduate assistant Erin Conley walks with daughter Maxine Campbell, 2, on campus. Conley, who founded the Wisconsin Student Parents Organization, is expecting her second child and considers herself lucky to have been able to time the baby's birth with summer break.
Erin Conley says her department was able to secure funding to give her a maternity leave so she could recover from Maxine's birth without losing her family's health insurance.
Erin Conley said she had what she considers to be the "optimal" experience in getting paid family leave, but acknowledges many other graduate assistants to do not.
