Congress Votes To Avert Rail Strike Amid Dire Warnings

The transcript discusses a strike involving 48,000 academic workers in California, focusing on a tentative deal reached for 12,000 postdoc researchers and academic scholars. Despite the deal, 36,000 graduate workers continue to strike, causing disruptions across UC campuses. The core issues include pay and living costs in expensive Californian cities. The tentative deal offers a 29% pay increase, childcare subsidies, and job security improvements, but the strike persists until similar demands are met for all workers.

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