Emiko Gardiner is a union representative with UAW Local 2865 in the Department of Astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley.

11.15.2022

The Biggest Academic Strike in US History Is Underway at the University of California

Yesterday, unions representing 48,000 graduate student workers in the University of California system went on strike. Jacobin spoke with striking workers at UC Berkeley about their demands and the organizing leading up to the strike.