University of California (UC) academic workers ended a nearly six-week strike that unions described as the biggest work stoppage ever at a U.S. institution of higher education, union leaders said late on Friday.
at UC campuses throughout the state on Nov. 14, forming picket lines and staging noisy protests to demand better wages for teaching assistants and others.
Some 48,000 academic workers represented by the United Auto Workers will return to work in January after the winter break, union leaders said, after ratification votes by large majorities of two fractious UAW bargaining units. University administrators and union leaders reached an agreement last week after a series of negotiations. The thousands of striking academic workersThe agreement was hailed by union and university supporters as a landmark labor deal that would set a new national standard, boosting wages and working conditions for graduate students employed at public universities.
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