University of California reaches deal with striking grad student workers

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The University of California and 48,000 people who work as teachers and researchers while earning postgraduate degrees have come to a tentative labor agreement.

while earning postgraduate degrees came to a tentative labor agreement Friday, both sides announced.

Gloria Bartolo, a 2nd year molecular biology PhD student, leads marching UCLA postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers in Westwood as they demand better wages, student housing, child care and more with University of California on Dec. 1, 2022.On Friday evening, United Auto Workers, the union representing the striking student workers, hailed the tentative agreement and praised Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg for helping accelerate negotiations.

The UC system is reliant on graduate students' work, particularly in educating undergraduate students.

 

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