This post was updated Dec. 1 at 12:24 a.m. The University of California reached a tentative agreement with postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers represented by the United Auto Workers union Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: Strikers gather outside Pritzker Hall with their picket signs. (Alice Yang/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Nov. 30 at 8:40 p.m. On Nov. 14, graduate student employees, postdoctoral scholars and student researchers began our strike. This strike is a response to unlawful bargaining actions – we demand that the University of California address our requests for higher wages, better support for international students and families and more. Read more...
It’s been two weeks since the beginning of the University of California academic workers’ strike for labor rights. From nearly every corner of campus, one can hear picketers over megaphones chanting slogans such as “Shut it down!” I learned quite a few things during my week following the strike around campus and springing out of bushes to pepper groups of strikers with questions. Read more...
Photo: A large crowd of striking academic workers holds a rally near the Evelyn and Mo Ostin Music Center. (Myka Fromm/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Nov. 25 10:25 p.m. Dozens of UCLA faculty, members of various entertainment unions and undergraduate students joined picket lines Monday and Tuesday in support of an ongoing University of California-wide academic worker strike. Read more...
Photo: UCLA students and community members gather at a United Auto Workers union rally. The academic workers of UAW have been on strike since Nov. 14, claiming that the University of California is not meeting demands. (Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor)
Students expressed support for the demands of the ongoing academic workers’ strike, but voiced concerns about the prolonged cancellations of classes and absence of normal educational resources. Read more...
Photo: Academic workers on strike, pictured. Students expressed mixed feelings in response to thousands of academic employees striking across UCLA and the University of California. (Alice Yang/Daily Bruin)
Dozens of UCLA academic workers blocked the passage of vehicles along Charles E. Young Drive East on Thursday morning on the fourth day of a union strike across the University of California system. Read more...
Photo: Hundreds of UCLA academic workers form rallies and picket lines in a strike for higher wages and improved working conditions by academic workers across the University of California system. (Alice Yang/Daily Bruin)
Around 48,000 academic workers across the 10 University of California campuses walked out on Monday to strike for better wages and improved working conditions. The protest marked the largest strike in the United States since 2019. Read more...
Photo: (Brandon Jair Morquecho/Daily Bruin)
