I am one of more than 80 mostly full-time valet workers at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. We work for ABM, a contractor that provides contract services to the University of California. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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August 20, 10:47 pm
Submission: UCLA disregards low wage workers, fails to enforce labor policies
Community, Opinion
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August 15, 11:17 am
Submission: UCLA administration clarifies insourcing of valet parking operations
UCLA would like to clarify a recent story concerning the university’s efforts to insource valet parking operations at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. UCLA’s efforts to insource its valet services began in the fall of 2016 and are in line with the interest of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees 3299 to keep jobs within the university. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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August 1, 11:58 am
Submission: UCLA community must join the fight for the continuation of DACA
In summer of 2012, former President Barack Obama and his administration created Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals through executive actions. This program has changed the lives of nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants by providing work authorization and relief from deportation. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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July 9, 8:10 pm
Submission: Accent reduction programs would validate discrimination
In response to the article suggesting that UCLA should offer accent reduction programs to combat accent discrimination, I express my concern that such a program would not invest in international students so much as invest in preserving prejudice in American society. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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June 30, 12:04 pm
Submission: UCPD community services director’s legacy remembered, must continue
For the past 20 years, Dr. Nancy Greenstein has championed student issues. As director of police community services for UCPD’s division at UCLA, Dr. Greenstein has dedicated her career to supporting students’ activism and amplifying their voices. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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June 4, 10:08 pm
Submission: Students must speak up in defense of professor Keith Fink
This post was updated June 10 at 12:43 p.m. The first time I saw a spot finally open up on the Communication Studies M172: “Free Speech in Workplace” waitlist was on April 1. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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June 2, 3:29 pm
Submission: The 2017-18 FSC will focus on both programming and advocacy
When I ran for Undergraduate Students Association Council Financial Supports commissioner this year, I promised to expand the commission by taking it in a new direction, one that engages in both programming and advocacy. Read more...