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University of California staff and students fight budget cuts

Recovered from FSRN’s earlier site via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Originally published July 16, 2009.

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The ongoing financial crisis is taking its toll on public education across the country and in California, faculty, service workers and students  are mobilizing to curb budget cuts. The Regents of the University of California are at the end of a three-day meeting to decide the fate of salaries, furloughs and layoffs for the faculty and staff of one of the largest public university systems in the country.   From KCSB in Santa Barbara, Daniel Alvarenga reports.