Thursday, March 26

UC employees rally for $25 minimum wage outside Board of Regents meeting

Dozens of UC employees gathered outside a UC Board of Regents meeting at Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center to call for higher wages. The rally, put on by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 – which represents more than 30,000 UC service workers and skilled craft workers – called for minimum wages of $25 per hour, said Frank Valdez, the strategic communications director for AFSCME Local 3299. Read more...

Photo: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 union members protest outside Wednesday’s UC Board of Regents meeting. They called for a $25 an hour minimum wage for University employees. (Shengfeng Chien/Daily Bruin staff)



USAC proposal will use surplus to partly cover commuter students’ parking permits

The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved a proposal to use surplus funding to help commuter students pay for on-campus parking permits. The commuter aid proposal suggested by General Representative 2 Naomi Hammonds and passed on March 14 would cover $50 of commuter students’ parking passes, which are currently priced at $292.93 per quarter, using surplus funds. Read more...

Photo: A road full of cars is pictured. The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved funding for a proposal that would give commuter students $50 to pay for parking permits on campus. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA employees Raag Agrawal, Jacob Wasserman to appear on NWWNC ballot

Two candidates running for the worker stakeholder position in the North Westwood Neighborhood Council election will face the voters next month in the council’s only contested race. Read more...

Photo: Raag Agrawal and Jacob Wasserman, both candidates for the North Westwood Neighborhood Council’s worker stakeholder seat, are pictured. The race is the only contested seat in the council’s May 4 election.


2023 #SpeechMatters conference examines campus protections of democratic freedom

This post was updated April 12 at 12:13 a.m.  The UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement hosted its fifth annual #SpeechMatters conference on March 23. Read more...

Photo: The start of the UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement’s #SpeechMatters conference is pictured. Panelists discussed threats to free speech and how academic freedoms may be impacted. (Constanza Montemayor/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA professor emeritus Judith Baca receives 2021 National Medal of Arts

The White House honored Judith Baca with one of the nation’s most prestigious awards for artistic excellence March 21. President Joe Biden awarded Baca – professor emeritus of Chicano/a and Central American Studies and world arts and cultures – the 2021 National Medal of Arts alongside 21 other individuals and two organizations. Read more...

Photo: A placard displaying Judy Baca’s name and the title of her mural is pictured. Baca received an award for artistic excellence for her work in public art and storytelling. (Joseph Jimenez/Assistant Photo editor)


Administrators prohibit depictions of UCLA from student film about activism

UCLA administrators prevented UCLA’s Film and Photography Society from making a historical film about UCLA student activism with any information identifying the UCLA brand. The film, prospectively titled “Good Morning Murphy Hall,” sought to depict the anti-war protest efforts at UCLA following the Persian Gulf War and United States troop mobilization in the Middle East. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Film and Photography Society was denied approval to portray the university in a short film about a 1991 student protest (pictured). (Daily Bruin file photo)