Out of the Lab, into the Streets - 9798887441573

PM Press

Out of the Lab, into the StreetsAn Oral History of the 2022 UAW Strike at the University of California\nAuthor(s): Aleida Aguirre\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Pm Press, United States\nImprint: Pm Press\nISBN-13: 9798887441573, 979-8887441573\nSynopsis\nOut of the Lab, into the Streets tells the story of how academic workers built the largest strike in the history of American higher education and set a new standard of militancy in one of the fastest growing sectors of the labor movement. In doing so, these workers also taught organizers everywhere lessons about the effectiveness of collective power cemented through worker-to-worker organizing, militant escalation strategies, and cross-union solidarity. On November 14, 2022, academic workers of the University of California began a strike that brought workers out of the lab and into the streets for six weeks to fight for more equitable working conditions. The strike was a point of arrival and a process at the same time. It was the har.