48,000 Striking UC Grad Workers win Bittersweet Contract
Striking graduate students at the campuses of the University of California ended their strike with contract agreements between two UAW locals representing teaching assistants and graduate student researchers with hefty percentage agreements. But a split arose between workers at different campuses, some of whom rejected the deal overwhelmingly while the majorities across the multi-campus system approved the settlement. Many felt that their own union, UAW, had sold them out. UAW hired Brightline [...]