With the price of gas skyrocketing and the dollar plunging, the purchasing power of Americans has been greatly reduced. This strike marks the beginning of what will be a cycle of labor actions over the next few years as as workers try to regain parity with the shocks. As many as 8,500 University of California employees may hit the picket lines beginning Monday to protest a deadlock over wage increases. The strike involves workers represented by the American Federation of State, County and Mu...