A few hundred UC Santa Cruz employees picketed the main entrance to campus Wednesday morning, joining tens of thousands of University of California physician assistants, optometrists, and other health care and custodial workers striking over alleged unfair labor practices and staffing shortages.

UC Santa Cruz health care and technical workers walked off the job Wednesday, joining a statewide strike over wages and alleged unfair labor practices. Unions say staffing shortages and cost-of-living pressures across the University of California system demand urgent action.

Thousands of workers across the University of California system began striking on Wednesday, alleging unfair labor practices and staffing shortages.

Thousands of UC workers, including those at UC Santa Cruz, start a two-day strike demanding better pay and working conditions.

Tens of thousands of University of California physician assistants, optometrists, and other health care and custodial workers went on strike Wednesday over alleged unfair labor practices and staffing shortages.

Nearly 60,000 University of California workers walked off the job Wednesday as a multi-day strike begins over wages, staffing shortages and working conditions. Two different labor unions are leading the strikes,

Almost 60,000 University of California health care and service workers continued to strike Thursday throughout the state. The UC employees are represented by two unions that began separate strikes Wednesday after the unions and the university failed to reach a new contract.

Thousands of employees with the University of California (UC) are walking off the jobs as two unions and the university have been unable to reach a deal, potentially affecting research and