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Re:UC Santa Cruz fires 54 grad students who were striking fo... by thescriptkiddie on Monday March 02, 2020 @02:49AM (#22462487)
At the risk of getting banned for this comment, fuck this. I was an undergrad as UCSC and I supported the strikes then, and I support the strike now. Yes the strike interferes with undergrad education, but that is the entire point. I never went to class when a strike was on, just like I would never cross a picket line. Professors deserve to be paid well, and grad students in teaching or TA positions deserve to be paid well too. With the absurd tuition the UC system charges, that is the least they can do.
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Re:UC Santa Cruz fires 54 grad students who were striking fo... by baryphonic on Monday March 02, 2020 @10:48AM (#22465350)
Good for you?

But consider that GP is also paying "absurd tuition." Returning grades is the least UC can do.

Not everyone goes to school to become an activist. No one should begrudge you of your means and desire to skip class in solidarity with the oppressed grad students at probably the top public university system in the world, but not everyone has such privileges.

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Re:UC Santa Cruz fires 54 grad students who were striking fo... by genuinealgerian on Monday March 02, 2020 @11:13AM (#22465648)
Seriously, fuck this. Disrupting the revenue stream IS THE POINT.
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Re:UC Santa Cruz fires 54 grad students who were striking fo... by ip26 on Monday March 02, 2020 @11:42AM (#22465987)
A good strike hits the employer in the pocketbook. How much revenue did UC lose? Zero. Student fees are fixed.

It's the undergrads getting bent over the barrel, not UC, which is IMO why these strikes don't seem to have much public support.

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