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Re:UC Santa Cruz fires 54 grad students who were striking fo... by option on Sunday March 01, 2020 @08:05PM (#22460658)
"lot of people on HN probably see the current low wages as a natural function of supply and demand" - as a former grad student at one of UC's campuses - this is not as simple as you put it.

A lot of grad students are international students (like I was) and they simply can't work anywhere else due to their visa restrictions.

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Re:UC Santa Cruz fires 54 grad students who were striking fo... by russellendicott on Monday March 02, 2020 @12:18AM (#22461848)
Sounds a lot like a mild version of indentured servitude. Cheap labor for the university.
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