Update (November 29): Postdocs and academic researchers at the University of California have reached tentative agreements on wage increases and other requests, according to a press release sent to reporters by their union, UAW. Both groups are still on strike in solidarity with academic student employees and student researchers, who are pushing for their own agreements with the university system.
Thousands of academic workers employed by the University of California system are going on strike today (November 14) after union negotiations with the institution on issues such as compensation, transport, and employment contracts stalled.
The union, United Auto Workers (UAW), anticipates that up to 48,000 employees across UC’s ten campuses will walk out of their jobs, which would make this the largest academic strike in the history of US education, according to a statement that UAW sent to reporters. There is currently no agreed upon end to the strike, which ...
