Of the 48,000 University of California academic workers from four bargaining units who began striking for higher pay and…
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Read the full UAW UC Santa Cruz statement on the ratification vote
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Following tentative deal between UC and academic workers, UC Santa Cruz union leaders encourage ‘no’ vote
The University of California system’s 19,000 teaching assistants/tutors/graders and 17,000 graduate student researchers are voting this week on whether to accept a tentative agreement and end their strike or reject the deal and continue what’s thought to be the largest-ever labor action by U.S. university employees.
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UC strike could stretch on despite tentative deal
A tentative deal reached Friday between the University of California and unions representing some 36,000 striking academic workers could be on thin ice as some members of the bargaining team are urging union members to vote against it.
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UC postdocs, postgraduate researchers sign new contracts as TAs, student researchers continue strike
Of the 48,000 University of California academic workers from four bargaining units who began striking for higher pay and better working conditions on Nov. 14, about 11,000 are no longer striking after two units ratified new contracts. UC Santa Cruz postdoctoral scholar Gerrald Lodewijk told Lookout about the unit’s new deal and going back to work.
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As UC strike enters second month, grad workers risk arrest pushing for raises
Teams of striking University of California academic workers are willingly getting arrested in acts of civil disobedience. They view the strategy as a way to escalate their work stoppage, now in its fifth week.
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‘Always have a knife with you’: Women and trans students fear harassment, hate at CSU campus
Women and trans and nonbinary cadets at Cal State University Maritime Academy in Vallejo describe a pervasive culture of misogyny, sexual abuse and harassment.
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‘Shut it down!’: Picketers disrupt UC regents meeting as strike drags into fifth week
More than a month on strike from their jobs as teaching assistants and researchers, hundreds of academic employees rallied outside Wednesday’s meeting of the University of California regents at UCLA.
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UC strike leads to thousands of withheld grades for UCSC students
Ahead of the grading deadline for fall quarter, UC Santa Cruz instructors and students say campus officials are working to ensure that students who have missing grades due to the systemwide University of California academic workers strike aren’t penalized.
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Cabrillo College name change: The life and death of a good idea
Splitting the baby down the middle is often the worst outcome of any contentious debate like the Cabrillo College name-change discourse. But in this case, might “Cabrilla” be the answer? The change is as minimalist as you can get, a single syllable, a single utterance. It’s a great idea. And it’ll never happen.