UC strike: Postdoctoral scholars, researchers reach tentative deal but will honor pickets
At a news conference Tuesday, Sweeney said the tentative deal would put UC postdoctoral scholars at higher median pay levels than even pace-setting Stanford. Union members still need to ratify the agreement but once that happens, they will be contractually obligated to return to work — even if others are still on strike.
the minimum annual pay for their full-time positions from about $55,000 to $70,000 or higher with various adjustments by the end of the five-year contract — including a $12,000 raise by next October. Faculty members say they value their academic workers and want them to earn enough for a secure life. But many are concerned about where the money will come from to pay for the higher wages and benefits.
Sweeney, the union leader, stressed that UC should double down on reaching a deal with the graduate student teaching assistants and researchers.The strike of 48,000 University of California workers may have long-lasting consequences to the system’s teaching and research excellence, some fear. George Blumenthal, director of the Center for Studies in Higher Education at UC Berkeley, said graduate student workers needed and deserved more support, but such a wage demand was “far from being within the realm of the possible” given UC’s budget and wage agreements with other employee groups.
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