University of California academic researchers requested support for immigrants, family friendly policies, greater salaries and discrimination protections during its first negotiations with the UC on Tuesday. Read more...
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A California bill would increase monitoring of doctors who give out vaccine exemptions and eliminate the illegal sale of exemptions. Senate Bill 276, which was proposed by Democrat California State Sen. Read more...
Photo: Democrat California State Sen. Richard Pan hosted a press conference at UCLA on Friday to advocate for the passage of Senate Bill 276. The bill aims to restrict the sale of fraudulent medical exemptions to parents who do not wish to vaccinate their children. (Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin)
University of California service workers will hold a systemwide strike May 16 in response to the University’s alleged illegal outsourcing of labor. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, the UC’s largest employee union, announced Monday it will strike May 16 at the UC’s 10 campuses and five medical centers. Read more...
Photo: AFSCME Local 3299, the UC’s largest employee union, announced Monday it will hold a systemwide strike May 16 at the UC’s 10 campuses and five medical centers. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A University of California labor union filed charges against the UC alleging the University is illegally outsourcing jobs. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, the UC’s largest employee union, filed three unfair labor practice charges with the California Public Employment Relations Board on April 23 and 29 claiming the UC illegally sought out and entered into agreements with private contractors. Read more...
Photo: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 filed three unfair labor practice charges against the University of California alleging the University illegally outsourced jobs. UC spokesperson Claire Doan said the UC is confident its practices are in line with University policy and state law. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Parents’ preference for boys may negatively impact their daughters’ test scores, according to a recent study. Researchers from UCLA, Northwestern University and the London School of Economics found American families prefer the birth of boys over girls, which in turn lowers girls’ test scores in math and science. Read more...
Photo: Paolo Giuliano, a UCLA economics professor, authored a paper with researchers at Northwestern and the London School of Economics that found American parents’ preference for the birth of boys lowers girls’ test scores in math and science. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)
The Ashe Center may offer students medical abortions starting January 2023 if a California senate bill passes. Senate Bill 24 was introduced in December 2018 by Democratic State Sen. Read more...
Photo: A California senate bill would require all California public universities to provide students access to medical abortions at campus health facilities, such as the Ashe Center. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated April 23 at 6 p,m. Pre-medical students support greater diversity in the medical profession, according to a recent national survey. The survey, which was published April 15 by Kaplan Test Prep, found that 80% of pre-medical students said the medical profession needs to better reflect the demographics of the general patient population. Read more...
