UC strike: Workers say their wages are at poverty level

A UCLA sign welcomes people to campus, which it touts as the No. 1 public university. Photo by Amy Ta/KCRW

Nearly 50,000 academic workers from the University of California are on strike. They want more than double their salaries, plus subsidies for housing, child care, and transportation.

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