Student Workers Reach Historic Contract Agreement, UCSC Finals Week Strike Canceled

Here is a list summarizing the gains:

-17% wage increase over 4 years. (but with nothing for this past year so, 5% for next year, then 4%, 4%, 3%)
-Joint labor-management committee to create and implement a system wide scholarship for undocumented grad students providing equal pay and benefits to our members
-Joint labor-management committee to regulate class sizes (a major issue in many departments)
-Guaranteed access to all-gender bathrooms for transgender and genderqueer students
-Guaranteed access to lactation stations for nursing mothers (special facilities with refrigerators to store breast milk, etc.)
-50% increase of childcare subsidy (from $600 to $900 a quarter for quarter system schools and from $900 to $1350 for semester schools)
-Childcare subsidy now covers children up to 13 years of age (previously, up to 5 years of age)
-Paid maternity leave increased (6 wks paid leave for birth parents w/full benefits extension possible on quarter campuses that likely reaches 3 months; 4 wks paid, 2 weeks unpaid for non-birth parents; and non-retaliation agreement)
-New contract language guaranteeing non-discrimination for members who take maternity leave
-Paid parental leave (for non-birth mother parents) increased from 2 weeks to 4 months plus 2 weeks unpaid.
-(Some) Outstanding ULP's and Grievances resolved


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