BREAKING: 48K University of Calfornia TAs, postdocs & other student workers just walked off the job. It's the largest strike in the US since 2019. Many UC workers earn < $24k/yr. A PhD student I spoke to said they donate blood plasma to make ends meet. washingtonpost.com/business/2022/…
@LaurenKGurley Not just student workers and postdocs, BTW! Also includes almost all career-track professional research scientists in UC system.
@LaurenKGurley This is why academia is an indentured system: See S 6.3, discussing academia as remnant of a 1. medieval feudal guild and apprenticeship system, 2. caste system, and 3. religious order. I specifically wrote about philosophy, but this applies more generally.philpapers.org/rec/JANSPA-3
@LaurenKGurley @AOC For once, I support the strike! Berkley next!
@LaurenKGurley @AOC It's all about choices, like what field to obtain a degree in....🙄