California student-teachers in US academia’s biggest-ever strike

Walkout over wages and benefits – biggest in any US job sector this year – snarls 300,000-student system just weeks before autumn semester exams

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November 15, 2022

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November 15, 2022

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Source: Celeste Basken

Student-teachers strike at University of California

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