LOS ANGELES—The union representing striking University of California graduate student workers agreed Dec. 9 to enter into a mediation process in hopes of resolving a stalemate in negotiations with the university system.
“We feel that in order to make progress, it is time for somebody else to step in,” Tarini Hardikar, a member of the United Auto Workers Bargaining Team from UC Berkeley, said in a statement.
“Our goal has always been to make UC a more just, equitable place to work—a place where everyone, not just those with independent or generational wealth, can participate. We look forward to working with a professional mediator to resolve the issues still on the table. Until then, we remain on strike.”…