Alaa Mostafa / KALW News

UC workers belonging to the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 are on strike for the second day in a row. KALW’s health reporter Alaa Mostafa spoke to workers at the Berkeley campus.

AFSCME Local 3299 announced earlier this month that UC workers would be striking after almost two years of trying to negotiate a contract with the University of California. They’re hoping to get higher wages, lower healthcare premiums, and housing benefits.

On a rainy Monday, about 50 people formed a picket line on the UC Berkeley campus’s south entrance

Among them, with a megaphone, was chef Angel Fields.

"It's raining on us, but we're still trying to do our thing and hopefully the powers that be will hear us."

Fields says she’s worked in

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