The Chronicle: 8,500 Service Workers Begin Strike on U. of California Campuses
Berkeley, Calif. — A union representing 8,500 service workers on University of California campuses began a five-day strike today, defying a judge’s temporary restraining order that sought to prevent them from walking off their jobs.
The union, which is affiliated with the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, known as AFSCME, represents bus drivers, cooks, custodians, and other service workers on all 10 campuses of the university system. The union and the system have failed for nearly a year to reach an agreement over wage increases.
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