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February 5, 2023

‘It’s About Damn Time’: College Workers Organize Amid Nationwide Labor Unrest

BIANCA QUILANTAN and BLAKE JONES Politico

After fearing the National Labor Relations Board under President Donald Trump would roll back graduate students' power to unionize, campus organizers are energized under President Joe Biden.

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November 22, 2022

Strike by U.C. Academic Workers Continues Into a Second Week

Soumya Karlamangla The New York Times

The walkout involves bargaining units representing nearly 48,000 teaching assistants, researchers and other employees across the University of California’s 10 campuses.

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