2020 Santa Cruz graduate students' strike

2020 Santa Cruz graduate students' strike
2020 Santa Cruz graduate students' strike
	A student march during the strike
Date	January 2020 – August 2020
Location	Santa Cruz, California
Goals	$1,412 per month cost of living adjustment;
Methods	Wildcat strike actions; Student protests; Demonstrations; Picketing; Internet activism;
Parties
Graduate student workers at University of California, Santa Cruz; Santa Cruz unit of United Auto Workers Local 2865; UCSC Graduate Students Association;	University of California University of California, Santa Cruz; ;
Lead figures
	various organizers; COLA Cat Cynthia Larive (chancellor); Lori Kletzer (interim provost); Janet Napolitano (president);
Number
~375 estimated
Arrests and firings
Arrested	17
Fired	88 (41 reinstated)

The 2020 Santa Cruz graduate students' strike was a wildcat strike launched against the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC).