University of California Campuses Come to a Standstill
December 2, 2022
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University of California campuses come to a standstill as 48,000 student workers strike for better pay
Three weeks of strikes by university academics have brought campuses across California to standstill. Labs are closed, assignments go ungraded. Graduate students have walked off the job, professors have cancelled class and even construction staff have put down their tools in solidarity.
The strike is groundbreaking – the largest in the history of US higher education and part of a wave of organizing at college campuses across the country. It has brought together 48,000 graduate workers, academic researchers and postdoctoral scholars within the nine-campus University of California system who say the low wages they are paid make it impossible to live in the cities where they work.The most common salary for graduate workers is $23,247, according to the academic workers unions.
The strike, which began 14 November, has already seen success – this week the UC system came to an agreement with postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers, agreeing to pay hikes of up to 29%.
Postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers are continuing to strike in solidarity with other workers, including graduate students, who have not come to an agreement with the university system, which workers have accused of unfair labor practices.
For more information visit-https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/02/closed-labs-cancelled-classes-inside-us-higher-education-largest-strike
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