About 48,000 unionized academic workers across the University of California’s 10 campuses have taken to the picket line, calling for better pay and benefits. The workers — who perform much of the teaching and research at the state’s premier higher education system — decided to strike after talks with the university failed to reach a satisfying conclusion. Many classes have been canceled across the state as a result.

Summer Lin, the Los Angeles Times reporter covering the strikes, speaks to host Deepa Fernandes for the latest.

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