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Re:UC Santa Cruz fires 54 grad students who were striking fo... by strbean on Monday March 02, 2020 @03:50PM (#22468810)
So the only workers at a university who have any capacity to effectively strike are the employees in the admissions department?
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Re:UC Santa Cruz fires 54 grad students who were striking fo... by ip26 on Monday March 02, 2020 @04:12PM (#22469033)
And now you've just figured out why in labor disputes it's so important/valuable for everyone to be in the union.

(Also, don't forget about the employees in billing, grant handling, the professors bringing in big grants, etc)

Back in the day of unions, strikes were not about making a statement, they were literally bending the employer to the will of the workers with brute force. The workers- collectively- held the power. Unresolved strikes literally sunk companies. It feels like that's been forgotten somewhat.

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