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Cal fires swim coach McKeever, winner of 4 NCAA team titles

Longtime University of California women’s swimming coach Teri McKeever has been fired following an investigation into alleged harassment, bullying and verbally abusive conduct

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

UC scrambling to afford big wage gains for academic workers: Grad student cuts loom

Just weeks after the University of California and academic workers heralded historic wage gains in new labor contracts, the question of how to pay for them is roiling campuses as they scramble to identify money, consider cutbacks in graduate student admissions and fear deficits.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 28, 2023

Students prod colleges to let campus greens grow wild

Colleges like UC Berkeley have stopped using chemical pesticides.

Axios · Jan 27, 2023

Campus Food Pantries Can Reduce Food Insecurity, Improve Students' Health: Study

A study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behaviour by Elsevier discusses how students' utilisation of a campus food pantry might improve their physical and mental health, as well as their sleep. Read on for details:

Dynamite News · Dec 23, 2022

UC workers could receive a 66% pay raise. Here’s why some members are still voting ‘no’

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Striking graduate student employees across the University of California will vote this week on whether to ratify tentative contracts, potentially ending a month-long work stoppage and securing double-digit wage increases for tens of thousands of workers.

Tribune News Service · Dec 19, 2022

Dissension brews among striking UC union members over tentative agreement

LOS ANGELES — A day after the University of California and union leaders representing 36,000 academic workers heralded a breakthrough agreement that could end a five-week strike, dueling narratives over the tentative pact emerged among graduate student supporters and opponents.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 18, 2022

Conrad Atkinson obituary

Other lives: Artist who highlighted contentious sociopolitical issues in his work

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2022

The University of California and workers reached a tentative deal to end strike

The monthlong strike by graduate student teaching assistants and other academic workers disrupted classes at all 10 campuses. The agreement needs to be ratified before the strike officially ends.

WEKU · Dec 17, 2022

University of California workers reach deal to end strike

The University of California has reached an agreement with some 36,000 graduate student teaching assistants and other academic workers for increased pay and benefits that could potentially end a monthlong strike at the prestigious state system

The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2022

After five-week strike, UC and graduate student workers reach tentative agreement

In a major breakthrough in the five-week strike that shut down classes and unleashed grading turmoil, the University of California and the union leadership representing 36,000 graduate student workers reached a tentative labor agreement Friday that would boost their pay and improve benefits.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 17, 2022