UC academic workers ratify contracts, ending strike; some will see ‘dramatic’ pay increases

Academic workers at the University of California have voted to ratify new contracts, ending a six-week strike that greatly disrupted the 10-campus system at the end of its fall term.

Two separate bargaining units represented by United Auto Workers each approved the contracts, which were tentatively agreed to earlier this month. UAW 2865 — which represents teaching assistants, tutors, graders and readers — voted 11,386 to 7,097 in favor of the contracts. The vote for SRU-UAW, which represents student researchers, was 10,057 to 4,640.