UC workers are paid so little that they depend on welfare to get by

by sfbg (reposted)

Mon, Feb 21, 2005 8:35AM

First the governor proposed a rule change that could eliminate lunch breaks for California workers. Now, if a new report about the University of California is correct, it seems lunchroom workers themselves are paid so little at UC campuses that many of them qualify for nine public subsidies for the poor, including food stamps and public housing.

...Single food service employees with two kids qualify for state-funded health care, housing, free lunches, help with energy bills, and child care subsidies, it says.
...UC Regents spent more than $2.4 million last year on bonuses for top executives (see "Bonuses for the Bigwigs," 2/9/05) and ... other public school systems, including California State University and most of the state's community colleges, pay significantly more for the same work.
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