Category: Graduate Student Workers

UC San Diego Student Workers Accused of Defacing Walls Using ‘Materials Other Than Chalk’

SAN DIEGO—The arrests of three University of California–San Diego (UCSD) student workers accused of vandalizing campus property drew a large crowd to the San Diego Central Courthouse Monday in protest of potential criminal charges. The workers, Jessica Ng, William Schneider, and a third person whose name has not been disclosed, were arrested about a month…


University of California Considers Cutting Graduate Enrollment to Cover Pay Raises After Strike

University of California (UC) officials warned graduate departments they may need to cut back on admissions in the upcoming school year to cover the cost of its new labor contract with academic workers, according to union leaders. Some 48,000 UC academic workers, represented by the union United Auto Workers, resolved their two-month strike when new…