In 2005 Teaching Assistants at the University of Oregon Went

question 21

Multiple Choice

In 2005 teaching assistants at the University of Oregon went on strike. What feature of their job made it easier for them to strike than most American workers?

• A) The public is much more sympathetic to academic workers.
• B) They have better contracts.
• C) They can cripple a key segment of the economy.
• D) They have more "intellectual tools" and therefore can better strategize about how to make a strike succeed.
• E) Their jobs can't be moved overseas.

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