UC Workers Vote to Strike On November 1, 20,000 workers in the University of California system voted to go on strike, and students pledged to stand with them. This year, the UC implemented drastic cuts to its lowest paid service and patient care workers, which amount to a 1.5 percent pay cut for workers making an average of $35,000 per year, and up to $124,000 in higher health costs for each worker in their lifetime. While 700 UC employees receive larger salaries than the President the United States, 99 percent of service workers qualify for public assistance. At UC Irvine, we are part of a national movement of students in United Students Against Sweatshops standing with campus workers to fight the corporatization of higher education. Last week, students across the UC held zombie themed flash mobs and funerals for workers rights as part of the nationwide “Hallo-Week of Action” for Campus Worker Justice. When campus workers go on strike, we’ll be mobilizing students to stand with them on the picket line. —Lisa Lei afscme3299.org/2013/09/25/uc-imposes-pay-cuts-on-its-lowest-paid-workers/
Posted on: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 16:11:09 +0000
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