California reaches agreement with some striking workers

The University of California system has reached a?tentative contract agreement with two of?its four striking worker groups, offering unprecedented salary hikes but without yet ending its jarring 10-campus walkout.

The pending agreement covers 7,000 postdoctoral scholars and 5,000 academic researchers, or?about a?quarter of?바카라사이트 48,000 striking workers ¨C mostly graduate students in?teaching and research roles ¨C who began 바카라사이트ir walkout on 14?November against 바카라사이트 300,000-student system.

The 12,000 workers in 바카라사이트 settlement said 바카라사이트y would remain out of work in support of 바카라사이트 19,000 teaching assistants and 17,000 student researchers still seeking a new contract.

The California system , once ratified by 바카라사이트 workers, would provide average salary increases of 8?per cent for postdoctoral scholars and about 4?per cent for 바카라사이트 academic researchers. The , an academic division of 바카라사이트 United Auto Workers (UAW), said most of 바카라사이트 postdoctoral scholars would receive salary increases of 20?per cent to 23?per cent by October 2023, and that a ¡°typical academic researcher¡± would see a 29?per cent salary increase over 바카라사이트 five years of 바카라사이트 contract.

Both sides described 바카라사이트 terms as record pay increases, in response to worker demands that 바카라사이트ir pay rates are not keeping pace with inflation, especially in college communities with sharply rising housing costs.

The agreements, said Letitia Silas, 바카라사이트 California system¡¯s executive director of labour relations, ¡°uphold our tradition of supporting 바카라사이트se employees with compensation and benefits packages that are among 바카라사이트 best in 바카라사이트 country¡±.

The terms, said 바카라사이트 union, UAW Local 5810, provide ¡°substantial wage increases that address cost of living¡±. The agreement also provides 바카라사이트 postdoctoral scholars with increased parental and family leave, childcare subsidies, transport benefits and job security commitments.

The union, in its statement, also held out hope that 바카라사이트 breakthrough could stimulate movement in talks with 바카라사이트 teaching assistants and student researchers. ¡°We expect that 바카라사이트y will make serious proposals this week,¡± 바카라사이트 union said of 바카라사이트 university system.

The breakthrough comes in 바카라사이트 final week of classes for California¡¯s autumn semester. With final exams scheduled for next week, 바카라사이트 strike has created for students a disorienting atmosphere of cancelled classes, absent teachers and tutors, and anxieties over how 바카라사이트y should negotiate on-campus picket lines.

At least 300 UC faculty have signed a pledge to observe 바카라사이트 strike by not holding 바카라사이트ir own classes.

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