amy: professor lichtenstein teaches history at the university of california santa barbara and directs the study of law, work, labor, and democracy. as we move on to talk about the largest strike in the history of american higher education taking place on the campuses of the university of california. [♪♪] [music break] amy: "casey jones the union scab" by the rabble rousers. this is democracy now democracynow.org, the war and peace report. we turn now to look at the largest higher education strike in u.s. history. some 48,000 graduate student workers at 10 university of california campuses have entered their third week on strike in an effort to secure a livable wage, more child care benefits, expanded family leave and other demands. on tuesday, the university of california announced a tentative deal with postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers but the deal does not cover graduate student workers who make up the vast majority of those on strike. still with us labor historian and professor nelson lichtenstein who directs the school center for the study of work, labor, and democrac

this is one of 10 uc campuses where university employees plan to walk off the job over a wage dispute. that makes up a little less then 50,000 university of california academic workers from researchers to teaching assistants. this comes after contract talks failed to reach an agreement. union members say wages are a key part of the dispute, as some university employees make less than any $4000 a year. this strike could shutdown some classes and labs ahead of final exams. >> i do expect that the strike is going to disrupt university activities. that is part of a deep goal. >> university officials say uc continues to negotiate with the union, continuing to find solutions. berkeley officials say they are preparing for a strike but expect few disruptions. bake said the campus anticipates that classes will remain as agile. offices will be open and the campus will provide normal or equivalent services. a union rally is happening this morning at 11:30 as paul plaza on the uc berkeley campus. reggie: thank you. democrats are celebrating a win in the midterm elections. they will retain control of the senate. control of the house is still too close to call. s

. >> thousands of academic workers striking across university of california system. good afternoon. i am elizabeth cook. >> i am ryan labo practices against the uc system. close to 48,000 mostly student employees represented by various different academic unions are off the job. this afternoon, a rally will take place on berkeley's campus. they're pushing for fair wages for housing rates across the state and better hours that reflect the pay rate. >> we are trying to fight for fair contracts that pay researchers a wage that let's them live in these expensive housing markets. we can't do that unless uc is abiding by fair bargaining practices. >> university of california says many tentative agreements have been reached on key issues such as respectful work environment and health and safety matters. we are committed to continue to negotiate in good faith. uc berkeley added even with the strike they anticipate classes will remain as scheduled and offices will be open. >>> a fire at a town home in walnut creek killed two people this morning. the people inside the building did die before f

developing news, a strike is looming statewide tonight as nearly 50,000 university of california academic workers are set to walk off the job tomorrow. cornell bernard live for us at u.c. berkeley to explain how a strike could shut down some classes and labs only weeks ahead of final exams. >> yeah, this strike just hours away and many students here in the plaza showing solidarity with academic workers today. the university said it does not expect a big disruption but some students tell us some of their classes have already been canceled. >> post dock translate scholar margo says banners are being painted and pickett signs are ready for a strike on monday. 48,000 university of california academic workers are planning to strike at u.c.'s 10 campuses after contract talks failed to reach an agreement over the past year. union me, represented by the united audience workers say wages are a key part of the dispute. some university employees make less than -- 24,000 a year. >> if people are struggling to make ends meet and struggling to finds housing this implies they won't be able to forecasts

we did have that statement from the university of california, saying in part that they were offering of agreements and pieces of elements to whatever this union was asking for. we have. we are reaching out to the university again this morning to see what they are responding to in terms of the strike, u. c berkeley in particular, said that they have been preparing their professors, researchers, all employees of their school system to make sure they are prepared for what is expected to happen a little later this morning, gasia andre listening back to you, james. thank you. meantime a two day strike is planned next monday and tuesday by thousands of nurses at kaiser permanente hospitals in northern and southern california. more than 21,000 nurses will walk off their jobs to protest test what they call chronic unsafe working conditions. and staffing shortages. negotiations with kaiser started back in june, and the nurses union wants minimum staffing guidelines. more nurses hired better training and protections against jobs being outsourced, while kaiser says it's not immune to staffing s

border patrol with university of california press publishing 2010 asf well as unquestioned rebellion.versity of north dakota press 2017 and of course today's book "bad mexicans: race, empire, and revolution in the borderlands" which is just out of the press got it right what was it published? >> may 10. >> five days after simcoe demaio. [applause] y yes, yes, thank you. she also leads a very important program she will tell us a little bit about it. big data research documenting the human cost ofn incarceration in los angeles. for historical and contemporary work, she was standing 2019 at macarthur genius fellow. she is also an elected member of the society of american historians, the american academy of arts and sciences, and pulitzer prize board. just all-around genius here. [applause] is so much for being here. >> no, thank you for being here. >> so we have been earning out for a couple of hours. i want to begin so you could tell our audience today if we can begin with personal getting to the research. in graduate school for me at the university of california san diego we had a say

to the driver, but it does appear this building was vacant happening today nearly 50,000 university of california workers are planning to walk off the job abc 7 news reporter elena howland is live at uc berkeley with the details of how this will impact students and this is happening right before final exams, lena. hi there. that's right. we are at the uc berkeley campus right now. this is one of 10 uc campuses across the state where campus staff plan to walk off the job this morning all over a wage dispute. so we have learned that makes up a little less than 50,000 university of california academic workers across the state from researchers to teaching assistance. this comes after contract talks failed to reach an agreement over the past year union members represented by the united auto workers. say wages are a key part of the dispute some university employees make a less than 24,000 a year. keep in mind. today's strike could shut down some classes and labs only weeks ahead of final exams. do expect that it's going on strike is going to disrupt university activities that is part of the goal of the

. >>> tomorrow tens of thousands of academic workers from all ten university of california campuses are set to walk off the job. the move could disrupt classes just weeks ahead of final exams. >> betty yu spoke to one person hitting the picket line tomorrow who says they have no choice. >> reporter: evan holloway is a clinical psychologist working on public health research at ucfs. on monday you'll find him on the picket line. alongside 2,700 workers. total 48,000 workers including academic student employees like t.a.s are expected to go on strike across the state. >> we are all asking for higher pay. as you're familiar, inflation has hit the united states in california and almost up 9% inflation over the past year with what uc has offered in terms of pay. it's an effective pay cut. >> reporter: post dogs in particular are asking for a $70,000 minimum salary, which is comparable to what stanford university pays. currently they make around $52,000. he said it's hardly enough to afford the high cost of living. >> one thing that's important to me, it's something that's coming. and becoming

of the way. covered california, this way to health insurance. enroll by december 31st at coveredca.com. >>> welcome back. here's another look at your top stories on this monday. starting today, nearly 48,000 university of california workers could go on strike. leaders of the united auto workers union say they will only go on strike, if they don't reach an agreement with the system. one of those key needs is better compensation. union workers say this could be the biggest strike in the u.s. bargaining workers are set to picket at 10:30 today. >>> a gunman shot and killed two, two others were wounded on the university of virginia campus. the main suspect is a student, chris darnell jones jr., and he's still at large. a shelter in place has been ordered for all students. there's no word on when that order will be lifted. >>> the national transportation safety board is investigating just what caused two vintage aircrafts to collide over an air show over dallas. six people onboard were killed in the crash. thankfully, no one on the ground was hurt. one important question is why the p63 king cobra and the boeing b17 were sharing the same space just before the collision. >> it appears the p63 is approachin

>> kron. 4 news university of california student workers voted overwhelmingly to authorize going on strike after months of negotiating with no progress. 98% of uc student workers in the u a w union. >> decided to walk away from their jobs as soon as november 14th, these employees teach grade papers and perform research at the bargaining table. they're asking for salary increases. free public transit passes and child care reimbursement among other things >> the vast majority of us are rent burdened, which means we're paying almost all of our income in rent and it really has created these big crises at the bargaining table. >> university of california released a statement today saying in part, quote, we have listened carefully to u a w priorities with an open mind and a genuine willingness to compromise. negotiations are progressing and many tentative agreements have been reached on key issues. we're committed to continuing to negotiate in good faith and reaching full agreements as soon as possible. 4 zone forecast as we step outside and give you a view of downtown san francisco. and lauren

of this university, right? so if you know that works stops, we walk out where we're on strike. i don't think this university can continue to function without us. we reached out to university of california president's office. we're waiting to reply you see berkeley. however said that if the strike does happen, it will have a serious effect on how it goes about scheduling undergraduate courses in a statement. you see berkeley said clearly if all postdocs academic researchers academic student employees and graduate student researchers decided to stop working. it would have a significant impact on the campus including the potential for various courses and or sections not being taught. uc berkeley went on to say they are ready to work with other faculty to limit some of the issues show the recess the union members are ready to fight for what they want the demands that we're making the proposals that we've made are what we really need to be able to work here in berkeley ryan curry abc 7 news. a new healthcare education facility is coming to downtown oakland mayor libby schaaf, let a ceremony today announcing plans to build the new campus of samuel merritt university on the very last section

researchers teaching assistants and other student employees walked out at all 10 of the university of california campuses to demand higher pay and more benefits abc 7 news reporter liam melendez joins us live from the newsroom with the details leanne palama students and also the research that the ucs are known for will be impacted in college a lot of the labs remember and research outside of the classroom is always handled by a graduate student. this comes as students are headed towards finals without what many call the backbone of the university system. when we strike when we strike of the 10 ucs berkeley had the most student employees walking out today with 9,000 ucsf had nearly 3,000. these are postdoctoral scholars teaching assistants and graduate students who do research we do a bulk of the teaching and a bulk of the research here and you see works because we do the bottom line is that many of them don't make enough money to live in the bay area. i make 17 dollars and three cents many rose green is a graduate student who grades college papers for professors. i'm not ashamed to be on food st

i'm the dean of the law school the university of california berkeley school of law as my great pleasure to be here today with russia rick kasson. who's the chancellor's first of law and political science the university of california irvine school of law. we're here because rick is written a terrific new book cheap speech how disinformation poisons are politics and how to cure it. you want to ask rick number of questions about the book and talk with them about it. and then what very much to get your questions, so please be sure to send them in to the youtube chat. rick i find the title of the book quite provocative when you call it cheap speech. what do you mean by cheap? speech? well first let me thank the commonwealth club for putting this form together. i would have hope we could by this time be doing it in person, but hopefully next time that we're together having conversation. we'll be able to do it face to face and thank you erwin as always for agreeing to be the interlocutor here. so the term cheap speech is not mine. it's a term that originates with a professor at ucla law school

louis medical school and completed his psychiatry residency at university of california san diego. he is chief of cognitive disorders clinic at the v.a. medical center in san diego and medical director of the inpatient unit. he is heavily involved in education at the university of california san diego ethical school and the residency training program. in addition, he is the associate director for the third year -- clerkship and the court nadir of the fourth-year medical student psychiatry sub internship. please give a very warm welcome to andrew scull with david lehman. dr. lehman: i did not realize warwick's was that ancient and i am very pleased. we are grateful to have the advantage of a place like this. i am pleased to be with you tonight. the book that i just completed i first envisioned in the early 1980's. it would have been a different book had i published it back then. i had spent my early part of my career looking at the emergence of psychiatry and the rise of the asylum in victorian england. before i publish that book, because i was tired of it, my doctoral thesis, but i

from princeton university and is currently distinguished professor of sociologyhe at meredith at the university of california san diego. in 2015 he received the report or medal for lifetime contribution to the history of medicine and in 2016 the air carlson award for lifetime contributions to the history of psychiatry. his previous books include madness and civilization, hysteria, the disturbing history and madhouse, a tragic tale of bedlam, mania and modern medicine but he is contributed toic many documentaries including the pbs series mysteries of mental illness and also below bottom is. andrew scull does blogs for psychology today and met an american he has written for the atlantic, scientific american, the paris review, "the wall street journal" and the nation among many others. dr. david lehman received his medical degree from washingtonee university st. louis medical school and completed his psychiatry residency at university of california san diego. he is currently chief of cognitive disorders clinic at the va medical center in san diego as well as the medical director of the inpatient unit. dr. lehma

from oxford university and his phd from princeton university, and is currently distinguished professor of sociology americus at the university of california san diego. in 2015 he received the roy porter metal for lifetime contribution to the history of medicine. and in 2016, the eric carlson award for lifetime contributions through the history, to the history of psychiatry. his previous books include madness and civilization, hysteria, the disturbing history, and madhouse, a tragic tale of megalomania and modern medicine. he has contributed to many documentaries including the pbs series of mysteries of mental illness, and also the lobotomized. andrew scull blogs for psychology today and mad in america. and he has written for the atlantic, "scientific american," paris review, the "wall street journal," and the nation, among many others. dr. david lehman received his medical degree from washington university st. louis medical school, and completed his psychiatry residency at university of california san diego. he is currently chief of cognitive disorders clinic at the v.a. medical center in san diego, as well as the medical director of the

the author of, write these down if you haven't, a history of the us border patrol with the university of california press published in 2010 as well as the of inmates, conflict, rebellion and the rise of human caging in los angeles. university of north carolina press 2017 and of course today's book, "bad mexicans: race, empire, and revolution in the iborderlands" which is just out on press, when was it published? may 10, five days after cinco de mayo. >> thank you she also leads a very important program and she'll tell us about it called million-dollar hurts, a research initiative documenting the human cost of incarceration in los angeles. for her historical and contemporary work professor hernandez was named the 2019 carter genius fellow. she is also an elected member of the society of american historians r, the american academy of arts and sciences pulitzer prize board so it's just all around genius here. >> thank you for being here. >>thank you for being here . >> we've been here for a couple of hours and on friday , i want to begin so that you could tell our audience today if we can begin with a

to sarah roberts, she is the director of the center for critical internet inquiry at the university of california in los angeles. and she explained to how these layoffs could affect content, moderation on twitter. you know, i'm not just claimed in the video shared that there is going to be no change in operations and yet he's just flash. the doubt that managers are the daily functioning of twitter, and that includes people who work in the content moderation part of the company. now based on what i've been told, only 15 percent of that direct production level content, moderation team was cut, but the rest of the company is deeply involved in content moderation as well. it's an entire ecosystem, twitter, it's technical policy base. human rights based on there are legal mandates that need to be met. all of those people are gone. the implications of that is that the particular kind of free speech free speech, what con valley and what that seem to mean is behavior unfettered by any consequences or rules or guidelines. one must complains about losing revenue from advertisers. it's in fact the advertise

london is sar roberts, she is direct our, the center for critical internet inquiry that university of california los angeles, and an expert on content moderation on social media. hello sarah. so how are these layoffs likely to affect content moderation on twitter? yeah. my mom has just claimed in the video share that there's going to be no change in operations. and yet he's just flash the staff that manager the daily functioning of twitter. and that includes people who work in the content moderation part of the company. now based on what i've been told, only 15 percent of that direct production level content, moderation team was cut, but the rest of the company is deeply involved in content moderation as well. it's an entire ecosystem, twitter, it's technical policy base. human rights based. there are legal mandates that need to be met. all of those people are gone. now, you know, mosque has talked about making twitter even for free speech. what are the implications of that? the implications of that is that the particular kind of free speech free speech i left the con valley and what that seem t

the strike starting within hours at all ten university of california campuses. >>> therenos founder elizabeth holmes will learn her sentence. >>> hopefully this is going to send a message. don't come down here. >> san jose police are taking a new approach to battle these dangerous side shows. >>> i can officially say it, we are freezing in the north bay. freezing temperatures with a frost advisory in effect until 9:00 a.m. >>> let's take a look at the roadways. things are starting to back up just a little bit at the bay area toll bridge plaza. those metering lights are on. a complete look at traffic coming right up. later, the niners taking care of business at levis. this morning's one takeaway. >>> first, it is 6:01 on your monday morning. happy monday to you. here are your top stories. federal prosecutors have suggested a 15 year sentence for elizabeth holmes. she was convicted in january of criminal fraud. her lawyers asked the judge for no more than 18 months of house arrest. but her convictions each carry sentences of up to 20 years. take a look at this plane that ended up on its nose in

happening tomorrow a statewide strike as nearly 50,000 university of california academic workers are bernard explains the tense impacts only weeks ahead of final exams. i am going to be on the ticket line first thing tomorrow morning post doctor at scholar margo bezroutzic says banners are being painted and picket signs are ready for a strike on monday. i have never felt solidarity like this in my entire life. 48,000 university of california academic workers from researchers to teaching assistants are planning to strike at uc's 10 campuses after contract talks failed to reach an agreement over the past year union members represented by the united auto workers. say wages are a key part of the dispute some university employees make less than 24,000 a year if people are struggling to make ends meet and struggling to find housing this implies that they won't be able to focus on delivering good education for our students on its website university officials. say you see continues to negotiate in good faith with the union committed to finding solutions to outstanding issues. you see berkeley

it comes as students throughout university of california system prepare for finals in coming weeks. right now graduate students, teachers, assistants, researchers, tutors, fellows remain out of the classroom. e they work and plan to do so until their demands are met. >> there is not a lot of teaching, not a lot of grading happening from our part. this puts more pressure on the professors and then on the university because students are here to learn. they also are really supportive of our strike. >> uc has not reached any agreement on the academic workers' key demands for higher wages. uc is asking for a third party mediator to join negotiations. >>> thanksgiving is behind us. lots of people in the bay area are coming home after spending the holiday elsewhere. airports continue to get closer to prepandemic levels of business. sfo reported over 80% of the amount of travelers they're used to during thanksgiving week. travelers are reporting packed planes and are comfortable for dealing with that so they can get away for the holiday. >> grandparents. >> how was thanksgiving? >> wonderful

rae nato, one and today, 48,000 university of california workers are going on strike. not happy with the level of pay. >> and other things as well. the strike could cause for students. we are getting closer and closer to finals week. >> will tran has the update for us live from uc berkeley. hey, we're all we can see the activity behind you now. >> that's right. they all gathered here. it's prop they are mobilizing. they are taking this on the road across campus throughout the day and the days ahead because they're very upset. so they came here that registered. you can see a lot of them walking by here and a lot of them still registering are right there. they expect 48,000 altogether, james and ari, a not just here, of course, but at the other 9 uc campuses, they try to negotiate over the weekend. said they actually tried to negotiate over the past year with no luck, which is why you see them walking and not teaching. these people. are researchers readers teaching assistance they are that backbone of the education system throughout the uc system. in fact, i got a chance

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the rest of that story is interesting and in fact enrollment went up around minorities on university of california system campuses . the dba fought on average with minorities rose were more likely to graduate in california's systems. the very pinnacle of the university of california universities at berkeley did go down but diversey in many other places went up and those diverse students did much better when they were paired with an institution that was better suited for their qualifications. i think we can do even better and at all the elite institutions around the country with otherwise would see a draining of minorities. if we put more emphasis on the root causes of the states that caused many other aspects of their life like their schools and predominantly minority communities and a number of other factors that we don't need to go into right now but i don't think there's, keep it the way it is and use explicit race preferences or we've got to have the opposite result that suggests that we kind of race is a fiction and were not going to have diversity that we needed . i think we can do bettertha

. >>> the university of california systems strike comes as students prepare for finals in the coming weeks. grad students, teachers' assistants, researchers, students, and fellows are out of the classroom and continue to demonstrate on the uc campuses where they work and plan to do so until they get what they want. >> there is not a lot of teaching from our part, and this puts more pressure on the professors and the university because students are here to learn, and they also are supportive of our strike. >> uc has not reached any agreement on the academic workers's key demands for higher wages. they are asking for a third-party mediator to step in. we're watching. >>> a live look at capitol hill where congress is back after the long break for thanksgiving. as skyler henry is about to tell you there, is a lot to do before a new congress convenes in january. >> reporter: the senate is debating the respect for marriage act providing federal protection for same sex marriages and that may be in jeopardy. >> for all the progress we made on same sex marriage, the rights of all couples may t

academic workers across the university of california have voted now to authorize a strike. this is the largest organization vote ever taken by academic workers in the u.s. with 98% of the union voting yes to authorizing a multi unit strike if it becomes necessary u a w represents 48,000 postdocs academic student employees graduate student researchers and academic researchers in the uc system. >> the safer inside coalition is planning to protest this morning over the loss of the tenderloin center in san francisco because it's going to be closing. the coalition is urging city leaders to make sure that this does not impact the lifesaving. i jannik services that tenderloin residents have been receiving from the center. center opened just to the beginning of the year and offers hot meals. showers referrals to mental health and addiction treatment services. but it was immediately under fire because people are concerned about the amount of drug use occurring on the site. so now it's supposed to close the coalition's goal. the press conference at city hall in front city hall at 9 o'

she earned her bachelor's degree in physics and astronomy from the university of california berkeley and her phd in astronomy from the university of california santa cruz. as our witnesses should know if you each have five minutes for spoken testimony. your written testimony will be included in the record for the hearing. when you have completed your spoken testimony we will begin with questions. each member will have five minutes to question the panel. so we will begin with dr. mark clampin. dr. clampin: chairman beyer, ranking member and members of the committee, good morning. my name is mark clampin and i am the director of the astrophysics division and nasa science director. this is a great day for nasa as you all mentioned. as one of the many people who worked on the james webb space telescope and in thrilled to join you to share the groundbreaking science nasa and their partners, the european space agency and the canadian space agency will be getting to explore. nasa's jwst team was excited to join with audiences across the nation and across the world for its launch and in july

a strike is looming statewide as nearly 50,000 university of california academic workers are set to walk off the job tomorrow. we are joined live at uc berkeley to describe how this could shutdown labs. this is just a few weeks ahead of final exams. >> you are right. this strike is just hours away. some students have been showing solidarity with academic workers. the university says the strike will not impose any big disruptions on campus life starting tomorrow. but some students say their classes have already been canceled. >> i will be on the picket line first thing tomorrow. >> she says banners are being painted and tickets are being ready for a strike on monday. >> i have never felt solidarity like this in my life. >> 48,000 academic workers from researchers to teaching assistants are planning a strike at the 10 campuses after contract talks failed to reach an agreement of the past year. union members represented by uaw say wages are a key part of the strike. >> people are starting to make ends meet. this implies they will not be able to focus on delivering good education for student

>> university of california is the most racially dirse in the world. ites are the third most are presented to group on cap this. racial diversity has educational benefits they studied undergraduates on ci consciousne a understanding to get high scores at berkeley. it tells prospective students we have very diverse student body and the educational benefits you would expect to get that are present. its the top ranked public unerty in the country. >> that could be translated to harvard in essence? i want you to fill in the blank. why? >> the race neutl ternative we focused on would make harvard go from 82% economically adntaged 51%. pure socioeconomic diversity, about 50 feet the number of white students would decrease, number of asian and hispanic students would increase. >> the number of black students wouldeease from what to what? >> 14% to 10%. 10% is an absolute, the number could not be higher because socioeconomic reference did not veophisticated favor -- and data harvard has. >> council, i do not know what one.o in a situation like this if you have

plus, nearly 48,000 university of california workers set to strike tomorrow. a move that could shut down classes just weeks before final exams and the sierras expecting more snow. we're checking in with coop on the weather turning up in the sierra over the next several days. kron 4 news at 8 continues after the break. >> welcome back. our top story this half-hour, a lot of recent snowfall in the sierra, which means many ski resorts in lake tahoe were able to open early. yeah, we know a lot of people are and looking to get up there on the slopes, taking advantage of that opening weekend. you've got kevin coop cooper standing by live tonight. who puts the stoke level man? yeah, it's just john. yeah. that could be a better start to the season. mother nature delivered great temperatures about operations. teams are subsidizing all that knew the natural out there. we're seeing anywhere from 60 65 inches in the sierra. so is a great start to the stage that you guide your star have of the and current but opening up about rose. yeah for yeah. we have house aides on app

. >> 18 members of california's congressional delegation of called on university of california, president michael drake to begin bargaining in good faith with the school's workers union. this comes as the largest strike in the country heads into week 2, tens of thousands of academic workers across the uc system are on strike in protest of the university's allegedly unlawful labor practices, including the workers at cal. they were protesting this morning on the campus. the average current pay for uc student workers. he's $24,000 a year. they are seeking a baseline of at least $54,000 a year since an agreement has not yet been reached. many classes were canceled. >> right now, students have still been turning in the home ice, but there are no great is creating them they have a multiple choice online exam so that it would be possible to still administer sense. it's automatically granted by the online system but there are no yes, highs for greater you know, putting anything in the great book. >> you see negotiators have offered a salary scale increase of 5% the first year and 3% after that. b

and today, 48,000 university of california workers are going on strike. yeah. they're upset about their level of compensation and the strike could cause problems for students just as we're approaching finals exams properties will tran standing by live at the campus of uc berkeley with more. well. >> while they want to teach their boss is math that they say that they're not getting paid enough on average. some of them make about 24,000 and that is not enough. and that is why after talking for more than a year, they are tired of talking in 2 hours from now. james they will go on strike which will impact the classes. and as you mentioned finals, they are coming up in the kids. obviously they need their classes and their finales. what's going to happen is we're talking teachers assistance graders, readers scholars, the backbone, the uc system. 48,000 of them, we'll be on strike. this is not a protest. sometimes we see it for a day and then they go back to work. this is going to happen for quite some time. and that is why we're talking some finals could be in jeopard

of this university, right? so if you know that works stops, we walk out where we're on strike. i don't think this university can continue to function without us. we reached out to university of californiae. we're waiting to reply you see berkeley. however said that if the strike does happen, it will have a serious effect on how it goes about scheduling undergraduate courses in a statement. you see berkeley said clearly if all postdocs academic researchers academic student employees and graduate student researchers decided to stop working. it would have a significant impact on the campus including the potential for various courses and or sections not being taught. uc berkeley went on to say they are ready to work with other faculty to limit some of the issues children says the union members are ready to fight for what they want the demands that we're making the proposals that we've made are what we really need to be able to work here in berkeley ryan curry abc 7 news. right. let's move on the quick pay app zell is popular and so are the scams associated with it zales parent company says 460 billion dollars was spent on sale last year and get this about half a billion went to the scammer

thousands of university of california teaching assistance, and researchers hit the picket lines today. nearly 50,000 students, workers went on strike across the universe university system more than 10,000 of them are in berkeley, including lawrence livermore lab, the local grand students and phd candidates say that you see is not offering them enough pay for them to live here in the bay area. the union says the base pay is just $24,000 a year. i live almost an hour away from campus because the rents closer just too expensive and i have a really long commute. i don't want to commute that long anymore. the united auto workers is representing the employees along with higher pay. they want free passes for public transit and childcare subsidies for parents , academic workers at ucsf and uc santa cruz are also on strike . the university of california did release the following statement saying at this time we believe that the best path to an agreement is with the aid of a third party mediator. and have proposed to the united auto workers enlisting the assistance of a neutral private mediator

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and right now there are 48,000 researchers and student workers across the university of california system who are on strike right now. we have video here from ucl a uc davis and uc berkeley of the employees on the picket lines. the employees are demanding higher wages. the contract talks so far have failed. kron four's will tran has the story now from uc berkeley. okay, that story in just a few minutes. but right now we're going to get to the very latest on the stockton serial killer because the man police believe is behind those attacks appeared in court this morning. wesley brownlee was a rain at the san joaquin superior court in his last month that stockton police well, they announce 7 shootings resulting in 6 deaths were connected to one firearm and they believe the brownlee is the man responsible for that deadly shooting in stockton and also one in oakland in today's proceedings, 2 items were subpoenas, including evidence from the suspect's possible former employer and evidence from the only known survivor. he has not entered a plea in the next court date is set for january 3rd, we'r

and today 48,000 university of california workers are going on strike. yeah. over compensation. the strike could cause problems for students just ahead of finals exams which are too far off the greatest timing for them. kron four's will tran live at uc berkeley with more. hi will. >> well, we'll talk to the students this morning. i can tell you, classes have not been canceled, but they told the you see deans and all the other professors on how to deal with this when there is a strike but didn't elaborate. so it could have major disruptions to the classes in this. james was talking about finals. they have been negotiating for more than a year now. and according to the union that represents the workers, they are not making any progress. they say they are making too little money and that is why they want to teach the uc system a lesson on math. they are looking for a raise and they have not gotten in which is why they told the uc system last thursday that they plan to strike at 8 o'clock this morning. who knows how long it's going to last who will be striking. we're talking the teac

degrees from clara university, harvard divinity school, the university of iowa writers workshop, and ultimately a ph.d. from university of california at santa barbara, reza presently serves as a professor of creative writing at the university of california, riverside. he's a prolific author whose books, i think are known to many of us, which include no god, god. 25 how to win a cosmic war, a book about fundamentalism. and 2009 zealot, a book about jesus and god, a sort of history of human religion published in 2017. he's a frequent commentator in diverse media, appearing regularly on a variety television and radio programs across the world. as such, his voice has become one of the most recognizable in american public discourse about religion, about christianity, the place of evangelism, and especially about islam and iran. today, i'm really happy to welcome reza here to princeton to speak about latest book, which, to my mind, you know, at least feels like a book, which in many ways also perhaps your most personal, you know, book to date. this is the story of young man, a princeton grad class of 1907 called howard, a man who, you kn

historic and it's. >> the first of its kind u a w represents. 48,000 student workers at the 10 university of california campuses. these employees teach grade papers and perform research at the bargaining table. they're asking for salary increases. free public transit passes and childcare reimbursements amongst other things. the cost of living crisis >> become unbearable. >> and that. >> so you just huge problem. the union says they have also had issues with uc negotiators at the bargaining table and they filed 20 unfair labor practices against them. university officials did not comment on that claim, but a spokesperson did release a statement to us saying in part, quote, we have listened carefully to u a w priorities with an open mind and a genuine willingness to compromise. >> negotiations are progressing and many tentative agreements have been reached on key issues. we're committed to continuing to negotiate in good faith and reaching full agreement as soon as possible. adamant workers. >> do want to go on strike at the university will agree to their contracts, but we're prepared to strike if necessa

university of california irvine professor tony smith says when it comes to ange county voters, therehan meets the eye. >> used to be a republican bastion. ronald reagan's gop, is that still the case? >> the republicans here are still those peoe. the republican party nationally is not that anymore. we are much more interested in hearing about capital gain statuses then they are hearing about same-sex marriage or abortion contestation. jeff: porter and baugh are opposites. >> if we see people like my opponent elected to congress, he has said he will happily be the 218th vote for a nationwide abortion ban. if that ban goes into effect, there's nothing california can't do to protect that freedom. jeff: what do you tell the voters about why they should send you to d.c.? >> america is on the wrong track. we have open borders, drugs and terrorists cing across the border. we need to spend less moneyget our fiscal house in order. we need to secure the border and make sure our police are funded. jeff: this race may be swayed by money. across the district, katie porter signs were at nearly ever

. >>> labor unions allege the university of california has engaged in unfair labor practices, including showing up to bargaining unprepared. >>> many tentative agreements have been worked on key issues. we are committed to continuing negotiate in good faith is what they are saying. >>> in a developing story we have been reporting on all morning long, police in virginia have arrested a suspect in a shooting that killed three college football players. he is identified as christopher darnell jones jr., who was once on the football team at the university of virginia. the shooting happened at about 10:45 last night on a bus, carrying students who were returning from an off campus trip. two others were wounded. so far there is no word on a possible motive. >>> well a wedding photographer was attacked by two gunmen at the palace of fine arts last week. a popular spot for camera thefts. after a minute of struggling in front of witnesses, the suspects ran off with someone else's bag. >>> the national transportation safety board is investigating what caused two vintage aircraft to collide during

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