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A ripple effect of university labor actions has followed the UC academic worker strikes, exposing long-standing issues with employment conditions in higher education. Graduate students at Temple University, a public university in Philadelphia, started a six-week long strike in January, calling for higher wages, health care benefits and better working conditions.

University of California graduate student workers ratified a new labor agreement that will boost wages by up to 80%, ending a historic strike that upended fall term finals and grading.