Cal Grad Student Worker Strike Ends With Deal Panned by Many Rank-and-File Union Members

One dissenting student negotiator said the tentative agreement 'does not come close to our initial demands and it leaves a lot of our co-workers still rent burdened, still impoverished.'

—the largest academic employee walkout in U.S. history—will end, and most U.C. graduate workers will return to their jobs after winter break.More than two-thirds of Student Researchers United -UAW membersthe tentative agreement, while about 62% of UAW-2865 members backed the proposal. Support among SRU-UAW voters ranged from 19% at U.C. Santa Cruz to 86% at U.C. Berkeley Lab. For UAW-2865, U.C. San Diego showed the strongest support for the agreement, while just one in five U.C.

The agreement sets minimum salary scales for student workers, raising base pay from around $23,250 to $34,564.50 for 50% time work by October 1, 2024. U.C. Berkeley, U.C. San Francisco, and UCLA workers will get at least $36,500 due to the higher cost of living in the Bay Area and Los Angeles.

;“&#x201cCalls to prolong the work stoppage went out across the 10-campus system. ;&#x201cI am part of hundreds of rank-and-file workers at Davis, and thousands across the U.C. system, who are fighting for something more ;&#x2014 a truly fair contract,;&#x201d Cole Manley;&#x201d https://t.co/xgssj5ozOu;&#x201d

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