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Re:UC Santa Cruz fires 54 grad students who were striking fo... by late2part on Sunday March 01, 2020 @10:16PM (#22461345)
This is not regional in scope. UCSC is part of UC. If the wall breaks here; wages go up everywhere else.

UC had to break the union before they got everyone involved.

Your calculus disregards the additional carry-on costs for parity when the 9 other UC campuses follow suit.

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Re:UC Santa Cruz fires 54 grad students who were striking fo... by asdff on Sunday March 01, 2020 @11:48PM (#22461753)
Parity to the existing is what UCSC grad students want. This $1400 per month isn't arbitrary, it would bring minimum net compensation in line with what an arbitrary grad student at UC Riverside receives in net compensation.
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