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DESCRIPTION:Rally and march by strikers to UCB's President Office\n\nUniversity of 
 California workers set to resume picketing Monday as strike approaches 
 third 
 week\n\nhttps://www.thecentersquare.com/california/university-of-california-workers-set-to-resume-picketing-monday-as-strike-approaches-third-week/article_a0f4e432-6cf7-11ed-93ed-178c882afdfd.html\nBy 
 Madison Hirneisen | The Center Square 14 hrs ago \n\nUniversity of 
 California California Strike\nMadison Moss, associate researcher at the 
 University of California San Francisco, right, takes part in a protest 
 outside of UCSF medical offices in San Francisco, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. 
 Nearly 48,000 unionized academic workers at all 10 University of California 
 campuses have walked off the job Monday. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)\nJeff Chiu/AP 
 Photo\n\n(The Center Square) – Union-represented University of California 
 workers are set to resume picketing across all 10 UC campuses on Monday 
 after a brief break for Thanksgiving as a strike involving thousands of 
 workers could enter its third week.\n\nA strike that started Nov. 14 
 involving 48,000 United Auto Workers-represented teaching assistants, 
 academic student employees, graduate student researchers, postdoctoral 
 scholars, readers and tutors remained ongoing across all 10 UC campuses as 
 of Friday. Workers took a break from the picket line on Thursday and Friday 
 as campuses closed for the holiday but plan to continue picketing on Monday 
 unless a contract with the UC is negotiated.\n\nThe unionized UC workers 
 are demanding increased salaries with annual cost of living adjustments, 
 arguing higher wages are needed to address the rent burden many workers 
 experience. According to UAW member surveys, 92% of graduate workers and 
 61% of postdoctoral scholars are rent burdened, meaning they spend more 
 than 30% of their pre-tax income on housing costs.\n\nThe UAW is 
 specifically demanding a $54,000 minimum salary for grad workers – a 
 significant increase compared to roughly $24,000 salary provided to the 
 average graduate student worker.\n\n“We are not asking for the world,” 
 Adam Moore, a third year PhD student at UC Davis and graduate student 
 researcher, told The Center Square in an email. “We are providing 
 essential services that the UC cannot function without – the least they 
 can do is create a workplace that pays fairly, isn't hostile and is 
 safe.”\n\nIn addition to salary increases, workers are demanding free 
 public transit passes, $2,000-a-month childcare reimbursements for workers 
 with children, expanded paid family leave, longer guaranteed appointment 
 lengths to ensure job security and reduced tuition costs for international 
 student workers.\n\nThe UC and the UAW have reached tentative agreements on 
 work environment and workplace accessibility issues, but several demands 
 are still under negotiation. In a statement on Wednesday, the UC said the 
 proposals offered by the university to the UAW would “place our graduate 
 students and academic employees at the top of the pay scale across major 
 public universities and on par with top private 
 universities.”\n\n“Though we have reached many tentative agreements 
 with the union, we remain apart on key issues related to tying wages and 
 pay increases to housing costs and tuition remission for nonresident 
 international students,” the UC said in a statement. “To this end, the 
 University continues to call for the UAW to join us in seeking neutral 
 private mediation to help secure a contract.”\n\nAs negotiations remain 
 ongoing, workers say they are prepared to continue striking until a fair 
 contract is reached. Jackie Ku, the unit chair for UAW 2865 at UC Irvine, 
 told The Center Square that morale remains high among workers as the strike 
 continues.\n\n“We want a system that is accessible, that is equitable, 
 that is keeping up with the UC ideals, and we’re saying we can’t do 
 that if the UC doesn’t put its money where its mouth is,” Ku said. 
 “So we’re going to stay out here, we’re going to keep fighting this 
 fight. We’re going to keep showing the UC that they can’t brush this 
 under the rug.”\n\nIf an agreement is not reached over the weekend, the 
 strike will enter its third week on Monday.\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/11/27/18853142.php
SUMMARY:UCB UAW March and Rally By Strikers To Office Of President
LOCATION:Meet At Snow Park UCB
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/11/27/18853142.php
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