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‘Maximize chaos.’ UC academic workers authorize strike, alleging rights violated during protests

Unionized UC academic workers picket in November 2022. The union representing 48,000 graduate student teaching assistants, researchers and other academic workers across the University of California’s 10 campuses has voted to authorize a strike, alleging that its workers’ rights have been violated at several universities by actions against pro-Palestinian protests, union leaders announced. Rafael Jaime, the union’s co-president and a …

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As the nation’s largest ever strike of higher-education academic workers enters its third week Monday, with the crunch time of final exams just days away, fears are rising over long-lasting and unintended consequences to the University of California’s core missions of teaching and research. Faculty in particular are worried that higher labor costs to meet the salary demands of the …

Nearly a week into UC strike, little bargaining progress, but support for workers grows

Menelik Tafari, a fourth-year urban schooling graduate student at UCLA, walked off the job Monday with about 48,000 other University of California academic workers to strike for better pay and benefits. Ryan King, a spokesperson for UC, pointed out that the university’s latest proposal eliminates the two lowest salary steps for graduate researchers, which would amount to significant increases for …

UC workers say they are struggling to survive in California, and fighting unfair system

Unionized academic workers and UCI students supporting them walk a picket line while demanding better pay and benefits at University of California Irvine. “We need help,” Wade said as she joined her fellow graduate student workers and other academic employees on the picket line for the second day in a row. “And that’s a thing that you need to do …

Unionized academic workers at UCLA join others across the University of California’s 10 campuses on the picket line on Monday. In a letter released Wednesday, UC Provost Michael Brown told the system’s 10 chancellors and other top leaders that California housing costs are a “significant challenge” and pledged to “work diligently” to support students. But he said the cost of …

Low pay, rising costs push 48,000 University of California academic workers to the picket line

Academic workers strike at UCLA on Monday for better pay and benefits for teaching assistants, postdoctoral scholars, graduate student researchers, tutors and fellows. The 48,000 workers make up four UAW bargaining units, which each represent a different group of academic workers: postdoctoral scholars, academic researchers, graduate student researchers and academic student employees, which includes teaching assistants and tutors. UC officials …

UC officials call for mediator as strike by 48,000 academic workers causes systemwide disruptions

The UC strike is calling for better pay and benefits for teaching assistants, postdoctoral scholars, graduate student researchers, tutors and fellows. “UAW members at UC remain on strike, and we will be walking picket lines tomorrow,” Rafael Jaime, president of United Auto Workers Local 2865, which represents 19,000 of the 48,000 workers, said Monday night. The university’s current proposal “would …