Second-year student Annie Meyer said her education was suffering without the academic workers. 'We miss the TAs so much,' she said. 'They run the UCs. I mean, we are not functioning correctly without them.'
Second-year student Annie Meyer said her education was suffering without the academic workers."We miss the TAs so much," she said."They run the UCs. I mean, we are not functioning correctly without them."
Students KPBS spoke with are supportive of the academic workers and say they should get paid more for the amount of work they do."I do hope that they get the wages that they deserve," Guzman said. Udayan Tandon is a Ph.D. student and computer science researcher at UC San Diego. He is among the 48,000 people on strike across the UC systems. He said he empathized with the students, who have worked hard for their grades."I definitely understand the concerns that some students are feeling," he said,"but, at the same time, I also understand that me and a lot of my colleagues are basically living in poverty and the university at any point has the ability to end that.
He finds some optimism in the tentative deal that the UC reached with postdoctoral scholars and researchers, because, for those 12,000 workers, the strike could end as early as next week or as soon as they sign their contracts."Now that that’s out of the way," he said,"we can negotiate everyday and see some movement on our contracts."
UC representatives say negotiations are ongoing and they seek to settle the contracts as soon as possible.
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