The Country’s Largest-Ever Strike in Higher Education Comes to An End

Academic Student Employee and Student Researcher Bargaining Teams at the University of California (UC) Campuses throughout the state, have reached a tentative agreement with the university. Picket lines at all 10 UC Campuses had been filled with 48,000 Graduate Student Academic Workers. At issue: wages in line with the cost of living; support for workers with children; sustainable transit incentives; and Equity for International Scholars. The strike had begun on Nov. 14.

Read the full story by Marilyn Bechtel for People’s World, published December 20, 2022, here: