UC San Diego Students Brace for Final Exam Week Amid Strike

UC San Diego Students Brace for Final Exam Week Amid Strike
Researchers and student employees protest at the University of California–San Diego in San Diego, Calif., on Nov. 14, 2022. Courtesy of Philip Zhu
Micaela Ricaforte
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As finals week commences, students at the University of California–San Diego say they are feeling the impact of the largest academic worker strike in U.S. history, now in its third week.

After months of negotiating pay raises, 48,000 researchers and student employees across all 10 University of California (UC) campuses launched a strike Nov. 14, demanding pay raises due to cost-of-living increases.

Micaela Ricaforte
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