Postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers are back at work at all 10 of the University of California system’s campuses after ratifying a labor agreement, but thousands of other graduate students remain on strike.
Graduate student instructors and researchers picket at University of California, Berkeley's Sather Gate during the fourth week of a strike by academic workers at the 10-campus UC system in Berkeley, Calif., on Dec. 7, 2022.SAN FRANCISCO — Postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers were back at work Monday at all 10 of thesystem’s campuses after ratifying a labor agreement, but thousands of other graduate students remain on strike.
The postdoctoral employees and academic researchers make up about 12,000 of the 48,000 union members who on Nov. 14 walked off the job and onto picket lines. Approximately 36,000 graduate student teaching assistants, tutors and researchers are bargaining separately and remain on strike, calling for increased pay and benefits.
Union leaders have said the strike could be the largest work stoppage the prestigious public university system has ever faced. It is being closely watched and could have a ripple effect at schools across the country.
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