Thursday, April 21, 2005
12 noon - 1:00 PM
Foot of the Municipal Wharf in Santa Cruz

A long time ago, the UCSC was classified as a "rural" area by the UC reagents: thus setting the payscale for clerical workers 15% lower than at other state universities. While perpetrating this injustice, the UCSC administration has piled others on: paying themselves 2.4 million dollars in bonuses, raising tutition, and somehow retaining a reserve of 5 BILLION DOLLARS while allowing the gap between USCS clerical workers and other UC employees to widen.

Strikers shutdown the university for a full day on Thursday.

University of California service workers, represented by AFSCME Local 3299, held a one-day strike to demand better pay, advancement
opportunities, & end to hiring discrimination.

April 14, 2005
Statewide Strikes at UC

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