this isn't brain surgery, it's about paying the friggin rent. You have a shrinking group of people who do the work at the UC and a group of folks who spend lots of time going to meetings. the people who help the students face to face and who actually implement the things the managers want would like to be able to pay their rent. Clerical salaries often come in between $2,000 and $2,500 a month. BEFORE taxes. Take out taxes and insurance payments and you have a little more than a couple hundred $$ after you pay the rent, insurance, limited food. The anonymous posters can spend hours debating yellow journalism and how unjust the world is to conservatives, but for the folks involved in the action this is simply about being able to afford the rent, as well as buy food and clothing for our kids.