Finals at UC Irvine set to start soon as student workers strike enters 3rd week

Finals start next Tuesday at UC Irvine but there are still a lot of unanswered questions as protests at all 10 University of California campuses go into a third week.

Almost 48,000 UC student researchers, teaching assistants and postdoctoral scholars walked off the job on Nov. 14 demanding better pay and benefits.

"I can't believe we're into week 3 and still doing this," said Biraj Bisht, who is also a graduate researcher. "I imagined we'd be over a longer; earlier but we're still here and we'll still be here as long as it takes." Heading into the finals next week, those on strike like Miguel Quirarte, a PHD student and teaching assistant, know many undergraduate students are caught in the middle.

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