Tens of thousands of workers at University of California start strike


LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Tens of thousands of workers from two labor unions at the University of California (UC), a leading public research university system in the U.S. state of California, started a strike on Wednesday.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 (AFSCME 3299), which represents more than 37,000 service and patient care workers, said on its website that the two-day strike will occur at all ten UC campuses and five medical centers.

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