While the graduate student workers that went on strike from the UC system for six weeks won concessions like increased pay, a substantial portion of the workers are still dissatisfied and the contracts are relatively short, so tough negotiations may resume again in 2024.
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UC strike ends as student workers approve new contracts
Two unions representing 36,000 student researchers and academic student employees ratified a labor agreement with UC Friday, ending the six-week strike.
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UC strike could stretch on despite tentative deal
Fifteen of the 40 members of the bargaining team voted no on the tentative deal announced Friday. Now they’re leading a campaign to persuade the rank-and-file members to reject the agreement.
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Student employees reach tentative deal to end UC strike
Am agreement, which still needs to be ratified, was struck Friday between student employees and the University of California.
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UC strike: Parent workers tell Cal ‘learn to share’
UC Berkeley graduate students who are also parents — among the last to still be on the picket line in a month-long strike — are advocating for better child care subsidies and health care for families.
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‘Whose helium? Our helium!’: Striking Cal students slow delivery of gases used in scientific experiments
As the end of the semester nears, striking academic workers’ absence is felt by students and researchers. A small group of picketers are attempting to slow down business as usual.
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Support for UC strike in Berkeley swells, bargaining moves slowly
As strike hits one week, UC workers have gained support from city leaders and labor unions.
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Thousands of UC Berkeley employees go on strike for better wages, benefits
UC Berkeley instructors, researchers and post-docs are among the 48,000 academic workers across the University of California system on the picket line.