December 11, 2022 by V Leigh

Strikes in Academia: Solidarity with the UC workers who are in their fourth week of the biggest strike in US higher education history. Let me remind you: absent the workers in a university, there’s nothing. Workers not only deserve better wages & benefits, the quality of a UC education depends on it.

Solidarity with the UC workers who are in their fourth week of the biggest strike in US higher education history. Let me remind you: absent the workers in a university, there’s nothing. Workers not only deserve better wages & benefits, the quality of a UC education depends on it. pic.twitter.com/aKDyeH49lq
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) December 9, 2022

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NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN continue to ignore the largest academic strike in US history, with only 100 secs of coverage in 3 weeks. In this same time frame, these networks managed to air 96 mins of coverage—34 individual segments—on Prince Harry and Prince William https://t.co/d7vQv1FNSy
— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) December 6, 2022

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“This is one of the most striking examples of a resurgence of the labor movement that we’ve seen,” said Harley Shaiken, an emeritus professor at the University of California-Berkeley who specializes in labor and the global economy. (1/2)
— Student Researchers United-UAW (@sruuaw) December 9, 2022

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“We firmly believe that there is no higher education at the UC without these workers and their compensation and benefits need to reflect that. These budding scholars, scientists, and leaders should not have to struggle in order to meet their basic living expenses.” https://t.co/bJZC5dIjIX
— Christine M. Moeller (@christinemmoe) November 17, 2022

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Breaking – UC Berkeley Academic Workers have occupied California Hall and we’re not leaving until Chancellor Christ commits to fair contracts for all #UAWonStrike #FairUCnow pic.twitter.com/gvrNVG1riQ
— UC Student-Workers Union UAW 2865 (@uaw2865) December 1, 2022

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My piece on recent strike developments. The California academic strike is the most important in US higher education history | Nelson Lichtenstein https://t.co/KGtpDUn1xp
— Nelson Lichtenstein (@NelsonLichtens1) December 5, 2022

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New School Students Occupy University in Solidarity with Striking Faculty https://t.co/z6x4DUksL1
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) December 9, 2022

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For any of you that thought the academy was some sacrosanct space to idle about & contemplate the meaning of life, pls wake the fuck up. It is a workplace with bosses and workers. This flex is about power and their efforts to break the will of the workers on campus. https://t.co/Oa8TjAdZb3
— Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (@KeeangaYamahtta) December 8, 2022

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I hope the New School strike wakes people up about how exploitive academia is. Charging $52,000 tuition for classes that they pay a contractor $5,000 to teach…
— Daniel Feldman dfeldman@hachyderm.io (@d_feldman) December 7, 2022

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I fully support the New School strike. I was paid 4,000 to adjunct at @EugeneLang where the dean screamed at me for not teaching my class the way he ordered me to like I was his servant. No one should be treated the way New School treats its employees.
— cph (@cathyparkhong) December 7, 2022

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As we enter the 4th week of the New School strike, @mrheeloy reflects on her immigrant working-class roots and being a person of color in academia. Grateful to be in solidarity with so many passionate colleagues and students. Read the essay @theoffingmag: https://t.co/kEsgsJvY8O
— Mimi Wong (@whoismims) December 9, 2022

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December 10, 2022 by V Leigh

This is an outgrowth of the biggest strike wave the US has seen in 80 years- thousands of strikes in the last 2 years Journalists should start writing about this as the strike wave it is- & what that signifies about the working class

A town in Connecticut voted on and approved a resolution asking their local Starbucks workers to work faster because people didn’t like waiting in the drive thru line. We live in an irredeemably stupid and selfish country. pic.twitter.com/aclk3X47F0
— Microplastics Enjoyer (@EclecticHams) November 6, 2022

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when billionaires like Jeff Bezos say they are going to “give away all their money to charity”, it’s a lie. What they mean is they will give the money to their own foundations, evade taxes, and keep control over it so as to retain power. Economist Thomas Piketty explains: pic.twitter.com/X2a8rxmr05
— ☀️👀 (@zei_squirrel) November 14, 2022

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jeff bezos laundering a gauzy story about how he’s committing to philanthropy just before his company announces massive layoffs is chef’s kiss billionaire/media behavior https://t.co/b9m8RLPUZy
— Jack Mirkinson (@jackmirkinson) November 14, 2022

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It is insane to me this isn’t a bigger story pic.twitter.com/0DZffCNCRB
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) November 19, 2022

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Railroad workers are asking for what is already guaranteed to people living virtually everywhere else in the world.

The US is 1 of 6 countries globally — and the only “rich” nation — without any form of national paid leave. https://t.co/2y7fklTtqk pic.twitter.com/80pgWviPnU
— Emily R Smith, ScD MPH (@DrEmilyRSmith) November 30, 2022

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The United States, sadly, is the only major country on Earth that doesn’t guarantee paid sick days. Pathetic. In a modern civilized society, it should be a no-brainer that if you or your family gets sick, you should have paid sick leave. End of discussion.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) December 3, 2022

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From a wife of a rail worker: “My husband is at 28.5 years but is only 55 so he still has 5 years. He agrees with all this in Bernie’s video and he voted no on the TA. One thing he said no one in the media or congress has said anything about is this:
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— Amanda Nichols (@saidthegadfly) December 4, 2022

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The amount of quote tweets on this saying “why isn’t anyone covering this” is making my head explode! Some of us have been covering it for the entire 20 months, instead of parachuting in once and ignoring the women who have kept this strike alive https://t.co/KLiv01K5jl
— Kim Kelly (@GrimKim) December 4, 2022

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Ferry workers are being pushed to the brink — working 12 hour shifts, 6-7 days in a row to backfill the short staffing. Management has even asked workers to sleep in their cars so they can cover shifts the next morning. https://t.co/t09mkNQRbH
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) December 5, 2022

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NEW: The BBC has obtained pictures of inside Twitter – rooms that have been converted into bedrooms – for staff to sleep in.

The city of San Francisco is investigating as it’s a commercial building. pic.twitter.com/Y4vKxZXQhB
— James Clayton (@JamesClayton5) December 7, 2022

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New York Times workers are a one day strike.

This is an outgrowth of the biggest strike wave the US has seen in 80 years- thousands of strikes in the last 2 years

Journalists should start writing about this as the strike wave it is- & what that signifies about the working class
— Boots Riley (@BootsRiley) December 8, 2022

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