David McCleary, a UC Berkeley alumnus and the president of UAW Local 2865 — the union that represents 16,000 UC student workers — attended the panel Tuesday in support of the Reclaim CA Higher Education Coalition’s efforts. McCleary said he sees public higher education as essential to the economy of the state and added that he believes the coalition’s plan for tuition-free campuses is comprehensive and feasible. “(Education) is a public good, paid for with public tax dollars of all the constituents of California, and it needs to reflect those constituencies,” McCleary said.

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by Harini Shyamsundar, The Daily Californian.

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