Organizers of the strike argued that UC, the third largest employer in the state, has more than enough funds to meet the unions’ demands and that the university system could not function without its student workers.
Student employees and researchers ratified new contracts with University of California on Friday, ending a six-week strike. But the result will still keep academic workers in Berkeley, San Francisco and Los Angeles below the poverty line.
The California Labor Federation threw its weight behind the strike, the largest of academic workers in U.S. history. In a statement before the strike began in November, Lorena Gonzalez, executive secretary-treasurer of the federation, said, “It is outrageous that these workers make poverty wages at some of the wealthiest institutions in our state.”
A group known as the University of California Rank-and-File Strike Committee released a statement during the voting process, calling the offer “insulting.” The Strike Committee also demanded that voting be extended by two weeks, into the new year, to “ensure adequate time for the full democratic process,” noting that “many international students are out of the country and most are not on campus and checking emails during the break.” UAW 2865 and SRU-UAW represents 36,000 workers collectively; 33,180 voted on the contract.
The proposal provides UC a $201 million General Fund base increase in 2022-2023. With additional tuition revenue , UC will have $246 million more available to cover core operating cost increases – and salaries.
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