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2010-05-08 Home Front: Culture Wars

Berkeley: UC Workers Join Student Hunger Strike

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Posted by Threting Uniling3274 2010-05-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 I am SO happy to be outta there!

Posted by Alaska Paul 2010-05-08 00:14|| 2010-05-08 00:14|| Front Page Top

#2 According to Lakesha Harrison, president of AFSCME 3299, "UC executives claim to be saving $7 million by cutting low wage workers. Yet UC executives have received over $9 million in bonuses and raises since the cuts were implemented. This is just wrong."

Well, yeah. Maybe try getting some conservatives to run the place and it wouldn't happen. Or it still might, depending on how forgetful they are.

Keep spawning your liberal ideology through your students. It's really helped California so far.

Posted by gorb 2010-05-08 00:52|| 2010-05-08 00:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Huge executive bonuses in the middle of deep cuts is infuriating.

Not sure how a hunger strike by a bunch of hippies is supposed to stop it though.

Posted by bigjim-CA 2010-05-08 01:12|| 2010-05-08 01:12|| Front Page Top

#4 It's simple: Hunger strikes are a "feel good" thing.

Posted by gorb 2010-05-08 01:58|| 2010-05-08 01:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Given the actors in that little drama, I wonder that their hunger strike actually consists off?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-05-08 02:44|| 2010-05-08 02:44|| Front Page Top

#6 I dunnow seems to me that since using pot gives you the munchies, their "Hunger strike" is doomed, Unless they get too stoned to remember there IS a strike?
Either way a huge flop, But announced as a huge success.
Like the fool who's been on a Hunger strike for thirty years now, I just don't Quite believe he's serious.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2010-05-08 07:25|| 2010-05-08 07:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Let 'em strike. Why would I care?

Posted by Glenmore 2010-05-08 08:46|| 2010-05-08 08:46|| Front Page Top

#8 There's hunger strikes and there's "hunger strikes".
I doubt the modern day Bobby Sands is coming outta this one.

Posted by tu3031 2010-05-08 10:54|| 2010-05-08 10:54|| Front Page Top

#9 according to Cindy Sheehan, devouring a power Jamba Juice smoothie complies with a hunger strike. Ima thinkrn these tools are gonna follow her brave path

Posted by Frank G 2010-05-08 12:23|| 2010-05-08 12:23|| Front Page Top

#10 There has been a huge proliferation of administrative types in large universities over the years. Part of this expansion of administrators is to cover the federal mandates forced upon these universities for taking federal research dollars. Another part of it is the tendency towards empire-building. The result is that costs go up and then tuition goes up. A further result is that students then protest tuition hikes. These protesting students don't realize or don't care if they are shooting themselves in the foot. No way are these demands going to be met that it won't cost them more money. Daddy might be footing the bill.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-05-08 16:07|| 2010-05-08 16:07|| Front Page Top

#11 So this isn't really a headcount reduction?

Posted by James 2010-05-08 16:20|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com 2010-05-08 16:20|| Front Page Top

#12 Are they gathered at some place? I will swing by In and Out and eat in front of them.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2010-05-08 19:15|| 2010-05-08 19:15|| Front Page Top

#13 Double-double animal style and fries well done animal style for me please

Posted by Frank G 2010-05-08 19:22|| 2010-05-08 19:22|| Front Page Top

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