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When the Public University Is the Corporate Landlord

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  • Feb 20, 2023
  • #RealEstate #PoliticalEconomy
Charmaine Chua
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Desiree Fields
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David Stein
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In December 2022, workers in the University of California system engaged in the largest academic strike in US history. The work stoppage, which involved more than 48,000 graduate wo... Show More

In December 2022, workers in the University of California system engaged in the largest academic strike in US history. The work stoppage, which involved more than 48,000 graduate workers, was motivated in large part by the growing gap between their meager wages and the astronomical cost of living. During contract negotiations, however, the university warned the strike might backfire: UC Labor Relations Director Letitia Silas cautioned that raising graduate workers’ wages could have “unintended consequences” such as “subsidizing private landlords and further exacerbating rental costs for other Californians.” Based on this public statement, one could be forgiven for thinking UC administrators care about rent burdens faced by regular working people. They don’t. At the same time as they were attempting to shame graduate workers into accepting lower wages, they were busy devising an investment partnership with one of the largest private landlords in the US.

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Corinne Blalock @corinneblalock · Apr 24, 2023
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Also if missed this excellent piece on the LPE Blog about this phenomenon in Berkeley, you should absolutely read it
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