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CGEU: News for Graduate Employee Unions: UCSC clerical workers rally for new contract, pay raises

"SANTA CRUZ — Michelle Tapiz broke into tears as she shared her story Thursday. 'I’m a mother of three, and I can’t support my kids,' said Tapiz, 34, of Watsonville, who makes $2,400 a month at UC Santa Cruz and hasn’t had a raise in three years. 'It’s not fair. I work at this huge university that has the money.' About 200 people rallied at noon at the Cowell College plaza to show support for Tapiz, an administrative assistant in the sciences division, and other clerical workers whose contract expired Sept. 30. They carried signs calling for a "living wage" and reading, 'Imagine if the Regents were underpaid, too.'"
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