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December 6, 2022

17 Arrested as Striking University of California Academic Workers Stage Sit-In Protest
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In labor news, at least 17 University of California academic workers
were arrested Monday after staging a peaceful sit-in in the lobby of the
UC president's office in Sacramento. Hundreds of other academic workers
led a march at a separate UC building in California's capital as their
strike entered its fourth week. Some 48,000 academic workers across all
10 UC campuses have walked off the job demanding living wages and better
working conditions. Click here to see our coverage of the largest strike
of academic workers in U.S. history.


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