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After an extended series of negotiations over the past year, University of California laborers across ten UC campuses and five medical centers began a five-day strike on Monday July 14 in demand of higher wages. The strike began despite a court injunction issued by the San Francisco County Superior Court prohibiting the strike. UC workers claim that they are paid in average 25% less than their counterparts at California community colleges or other hospitals in the sate. Negotiations between the University and the workers' union have been ongoing since 2007, but the workers' demands have not yet been met.

More from the UCLA Daily Bruin
More from the UC Berkeley Daily Californian
More from the LA Times
Watch this video of the strike from the LA Times
Read this NSNS post about the buildup to the strike
Read this NSNS post about commencement cancellations due to the strike