After the Strike
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🗓️ 1 August 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
In December, University of California graduate students went on strike for six weeks. It was the largest higher education strike in U.S. history. But even after the new contract was signed and the strikers were back at work, they found the fight didn’t stop.
Guest: Peter Lucas, a writer covering labor and politics.
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| 0:54.0 | I called up Peter Lucas, a journalist who covers labor and politics. |
| 0:58.0 | So he could walk me through a video. |
| 1:01.0 | This is a live stream from an event back in May. |
| 1:04.0 | The scene is an alumni dinner for UC San Diego. |
| 1:07.0 | It's sunset, there are palm trees. |
| 1:10.0 | You can see the Pacific Ocean. |
| 1:12.0 | People flew in from all over the world to be here. |
| 1:15.0 | Yeah, it's like a kind of cocktail scene. |
| 1:18.0 | And it starts with Chancellor Pradeep Kosla. |
| 1:22.0 | You know, Chancellor Pradeep Kosla. |
| 1:26.0 | He goes up there to kind of kick the night off and start with some opening remarks, |
| 1:31.0 | which is when things maybe from the university's perspectives started to unravel a little bit. |
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