Solidarity with the UC Strike

When I first came to California for grad school in 1970, I thought UC, a public institution, would try to model humane human relations in its administrative and labor relations practices. After all, how can we expect private employers to treat their workers fairly if even the state run corporations save money off the backs of their workers, following worst practices instead of showing how "we the people" would want to treat each other. As both an academically and clerically employee at different times, I learned that I had been dead wrong. UC was trying to TEACH other employers how they can shortchange but retain its staff. They are modeling bad corporate behavior so that others can mimic these "best practices." Sad. Good luck to all of you on the picket line. What you are up against is sort of what the people of Iran are up against. A pretty intransigent operation with plenty of money and little inclination to compromise.