Category: academic workers

UC, Academic Workers Reach Tentative Deal to End Strike

The University of California (UC) reached a tentative agreement Dec. 16 with 36,000 academic employees that would boost their pay and provide more benefits, after almost five weeks of a strike demanding, in part, pay raises and other benefits amid inflation. Resulting from the largest academic worker strike in the United States, the agreement would…


UC Leaders Say Union’s Demands Could Have ‘Overwhelming’ Fiscal Impacts

University of California (UC) leaders said the demands of the 48,000 researchers and student employees who launched a strike across all 10 UC campuses earlier this week could cost the university up to several hundred million dollars per year. United Auto Workers had been in negotiations with UC leaders for months over four academic units:…