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48k UC Academic Workers Strike in Largest Action of its Kind in U.S. History [1]

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Date: 2022-11-14

Academic workers perform most of the teaching and research at the prestigious University of California 10 campus system. Today, they walked off the job demanding pay increases, better healthcare, child-care subsidies, more extended family leave, public transit, and parking passes.

They are represented by the UAW and this is the nation's largest strike of the year.

Perhaps the most significant demand is 14% salary raises. Currently. Grad student researchers are paid $24k/year and charged $1K/mo (50% of their annual pay) for on-campus housing. The university is both their landlord and employer. Academic researchers who do not live on campus are comped five days of parking/month but are charged $18/day beyond that. At 15 more work days per month, that’s $270/month and $3240/year. Many workers have no choice but to work second and even third jobs.

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