Oh, Jenna, they are just the “privileged” assuaging their guilt-ridden consciences by offering a “show of solidarity” with their “exploited” brethren.

Lo, the plight of the poor UNC staff members, toiling away without a “living wage” ? in other words, slowly being killed by a flagship institution. Why don’t they quit? If things are so bad, surely no one else would take the job …

But that’s just it. Others would readily take the jobs if the whiners vacated them. And that’s because they see an economic benefit to those jobs ? not slow death. And if no one else would take the jobs ? then you’d see the salaries increase to stem the labor shortage. But as there is no labor shortage currently, that means the current wages are not oppressive; instead, they are sufficient.