The largest strike in the US since 2019 is currently underway across University of California campuses. 48,000 teaching assistants, postdocs, researchers and graders on the front lines of teaching and research at California’s prestigious public university system are seeking a minimum annual salary of $54,000 and increased child-care benefits, saying they do not earn enough to live in the state. They also accuse the university of breaking the law and not bargaining in good faith with their union, the United Auto Workers. UAW Local 2865 president and UCLA English PhD candidate Rafael Jamie joins TRNN editor-in-chief Maximillian Alvarez to discuss the historic strike. This interview was recorded on Monday, Nov. 12.
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Even uneducated high school dropouts working inside a warehouse making more money than these people here. I actually thought it was a typo when I saw how little it was too!!!
The UC schools TAs make more than UC adjunct faculty. Right now, they are making at least double. They should not get more than the adjunct professors who are truly being taken advantage of. Adjuncts in the UCs don't even get health benefits – just $12,000/ yr. That's it. Unbelievable that this is even allowed when adjunct professors do the same or often more work than tenured professors. TAs are asking for $55,000 -75,000 when they only work part-time and they're just students. Adjunct faculty have degrees, MA or PhDs. What they're asking for is so ridiculous and a slap in the face to adjunct faculty.
whoa whoa whoa the chancellors get a 100,000 raise to live in a mansion oh hell no
i go to ucla and i spent all quarter living in my car for those wondering how bad it really is
Laughing my ass off! You just described the entirety of the California economic system for every single person who lives here. The college system is one of the absolute most corrupt systems in the entire world. Now you know what the rest of us have known for a very long time.
Right on!!!✊✊✊ as a ex-part time ESOL instructor at Laney College in Oakland/Contra Costa College in Richmond, CA & DVC I wish our $ellout unions had the guts to do the same (70% higher ed=part time…at least it was till I had to bounce in 2019)! Now I sell coffee at flea markets in another country…good luck & keep fightin' fo the good.
"public university system"
No, a real 1 would b free
I agree that TA RA PD must should be paid >USD60K. I was a very very poor PG at WVU in 1983-1985 getting about USD500 from my sponsor every month🤑🥵
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commie BS
#UAW #Unionstrong
The CAPITALIZATION of higher ed started some decades ago
via ALL THAT GRANT MONEY COMING FROM THE MILITARY/INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.
Went on from there by CAPITALISTS PILING-ON in any number of ways, eg,
all that "teaching" now done by **students?!** while the "professors" sit back and write and do appearances, eg,
today's top level college football
IS NOTHING BUT THE NFL EXPLOITATION OF YOUNG MEN IN WHAT IS, IN EFFECT, THE **MINOR LEAGUES** OF THE NFL. I'm sure ticket prices at bigtime college games are thru the roof, too.
Keep on thus, please. It's big. Zero coverage from MSM.
Good fight for what's right.
People must realize that workers are workers no matter what that work encompasses. From farmers to factory workers to service employees and even cops, fire fighters and soldiers, if you work, you are a worker. In reality, even the managers are workers and theoretically should be in league with the labor movement.
If the workers succeed in their pay claims, will that bring higher college fees for students?
#solidarity #unionstrong
i have an idea quit and into look into a different kind of work. i made a good living as a car dealership mechanic changing oil doing inspections. that would screw over the university more then them giving you a raise.
Fantastic This is how we gain equal
Bargaining power with the bosses.
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