Thousands Of University Of California Assistant Professors Academic Workers Strike
Comment In the largest work stoppage of the year, thousands of academic workers in the University of California system went on strike Monday over the university system’s bargaining practices with their union, which is trying to secure higher wages. About 48,000 assistant professors, postdocs, researchers and evaluators on the front lines of teaching and research in California’s prestigious public university system are calling for a $54,000 annual minimum salary and increased child care benefits, saying they don’t earn enough to live in the state....