Saturday, September 26

UC cares for those who are highly profitable – everyone else can keep protesting

This Thanksgiving, employees from all corners of the University of California will make the trek home to be with their families. But thanks to the UC, many won’t even have basic workers rights to be grateful for at the dinner table. Read more...

Photo: The University of California reached a tentative agreement with United Automobile Workers 5810 after six months of striking. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 has been striking for years, making it clear that the UC’s priorities in its decisions to negotiate lie wherever the money is. This is unfair to AFSCME Local 3299 workers. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)


Editorial: Perhaps USAC candidates would follow the rules – if they actually knew what they were

An Undergraduate Students Association Council member broke the rules. But he can hardly be blamed when the rules contradict themselves. The Undergraduate Students Association Judicial Board found that newly elected General Representative 2 Orion Smedley violated election rules when he improperly campaigned on the Hill in the fall special election. Read more...






Op-ed: Students should scrutinize actions or lack thereof of district attorney candidate

This post was updated Nov. 20 at 11:43 a.m. Los Angeles County government may feel a world away to students in the bubble of UCLA. But its politics hit closer to home than they think. Read more...

Photo: UCLA students have the power to make an informed decision over voting for a new Los Angeles County District Attorney that can take action on mental health in LA. (Daily Bruin file photo)