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A student protest about over the war between Israel and Gaza at the University of California, Berkeley's Sather Gate on Oct. 16, 2023. Photo by Michael Liedtke, AP Photo
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center employees lead a march down West Macarthur Boulevard as part of a statewide Labor Day protest organized by Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West on Sept. 2, 2019. Photo by Dylan Bouscher, Bay Area News Group
Kevin Wehr, California Faculty Association's Vice President and Professor at California State University - Sacramento, speaks to Presidents at CSU, Leadership, and the Board of Trustees during public comment to ask for fair wages outside the CSU Chancellor's office in Long Beach on May 23, 2023. Photo by Lauren Justice for CalMatters
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Patti Balogh holds up the phone of her late son, Shane Balogh, to show how many times he had been trying to get through the state's Employment Development Department at her home in Garden Grove on July 19, 2023. Photo by Julie A Hotz for CalMatters

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