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UC Santa Cruz workers on strike as part of statewide action; environmental justice revival efforts

KAZU | By Amy Mayer,
Layna Hughes
Published February 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM PST
People hold signs at an intersection.
Jerimiah Oetting
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KAZU News
A previous strike at UC Santa Cruz by members of AFSCME 3299, a union representing thousands.

In today's newscast, workers in the University of California system will be on strike beginning today, including at UCSC. And, two California members of Congress have introduced a bill to reestablish the federal Office of Environmental Justice.
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Amy Mayer
Amy Mayer is an award-winning journalist with more than 25 years of experience in public radio. Before KAZU, she worked as an editor for the California Newsroom and at St. Louis Public Radio. For eight years, she covered agriculture as the Harvest Public Media reporter based at Iowa Public Radio. She's also worked at stations in Massachusetts and Alaska and has written for many newspapers, magazines and online news outlets.
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Layna Hughes
Layna Hughes is a spring 2025 CSUMB student intern at KAZU.
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