Graduate student workers and faculty across the University of California system demanded the reinstatement of UC Santa Cruz teaching assistants who went on strike for a cost-of-living increase in salary.
or told they would no longer be considered for spring appointments. In response, more than 500 Santa Cruz graduate students across 22 departments pledged not to accept teaching assistant positions made available through the terminations of others.“The University of California values all our graduate students, including academic student employees who are essential to UC’s teaching mission, supporting the University as teaching assistants, readers and tutors.
Despite the wildcat job actions, the movement got a boost this week from the union’s bargaining team, which announced it would hold a vote in early April on whether to authorize a statewide unfair labor practice strike over the discipline of the Santa Cruz workers and other issues. Graduate teaching assistants at UC earn an average monthly salary of $2,400 per month. Those on strike said that amount is vastly out of step with their cost of living. In Santa Cruz,Students at UC Santa Cruz said they had hoped for some relief from their union, a city rent control measure or intervention by the campus chancellor, but none came.
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