The average current pay is about $24,000 annually for student employees across the University of California system. They are seeking minimum annual base salaries of $54,000.
Thousands of UC academic workers plan to strike once again on Tuesday, walking picket lines for a second day at 10 campuses statewide. Both sides were at the bargaining table Monday afternoon. Negotiations are coming along, but the big sticking point remains compensation.
Organizers from the United Auto Workers, which represents the employees involved, say they have set no end date for the work stoppage. The average current pay is about $24,000 annually for student employees including teaching assistants and tutors who "collectively do the majority of instruction," at UC schools, he said.UC has offered a salary scale increase of 5% in the first year and 3% afterward, but workers say that is not adequate.
Ally Cara, 32, a postdoctoral researcher in endocrinology at the University of California Los Angeles, spends half of her income on rent, paying $2,000 for a one-bedroom apartment. James Boocock, a postdoctoral scholar in human genetics at UCLA, joined one of six pickets on campus. He said striking "was a tough decision to make" given he loves his research but added salaries are unsustainable and the university doesn’t provide enough support.
Lex Von Klark, a 22-year-old political science student at UCLA, was among several hundred people on campus holding signs and participating in picket lines Monday.
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