The University of Minnesota today is facing its first strike in nearly 60 years. More than 18-hundred clerical workers belonging to the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees local 38-hundred went on strike this morning. The union rejected the university's final offer last night. It included a one-year wage freeze and a two-and-a-half percent pay increase in the second year. It would also increase employees' share of health-care premiums. University officials say that state budget cuts have limited their ability to offer more. Tom Juravich is director of the Labor Relations and Research Center at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He says, in some cases, a strike can be an effective tool for workers.