Episode Details

In this episode, Bob and Scott talk with three graduate student strike organizers at the University of California (UC) who've been out on wildcat strike since mid-February. We talk about the COLA campaign, the UC's retaliation against striking grad students at UC Santa Cruz and how to conduct a strike in during a global pandemic. 

We're joined by:

• Carolina Talavera is a PhD Candidate in medical anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. She has just returned from conducting her dissertation research on housing insecurity in London, UK.
• Caylee Hong is a Canadian PhD student in socio-cultural anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to Berkeley, she worked as an attorney in New York City.
• Carlos Cruz is a 2nd year PhD grad student and fired wildcat at UC Santa Cruz

More reading:

• LA Times: UC Santa Cruz fires 54 graduate student workers striking for higher pay
• It's Going Down: Barricades Go Up in Santa Cruz as UC Wide Wildcat Strike Expands Following Firings
• Indybay: An Interview on the Growing Wildcat Strike at UC Santa Cruz
• Berkeleyside: UC Berkeley students hold ‘wildcat’ strike for more pay, rehiring of fired workers

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