A grad student at Buffalo writes:

Graduate students at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), have been protesting for increasing the stipend they receive, which is significantly lower than other schools in the SUNY system. The situation gets worse when they have to pay the university fee (with interesting heads like "academic excellence fee" etc.), which knocks off about $3000 per year. The philosophy department, for example, pays $13250 per annum, which after university fees, insurance and taxes hovers to just about $10,000– which makes a "hand to mouth" kind of living condition.

The petition is here, with signatures including from the faculty and the students in philosophy.

News coverage here:

http://www.twcnews.com/nys/buffalo/news/2017/09/25/ub-teaching-assistants-call-for-living-wage.html

http://news.wbfo.org/post/ub-grad-students-march-capen-hall-fair-pay

They shouldn't be running PhD programs if they can't actually support the doctoral students.