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Late last night, UC told us they would not meet to negotiate with us today because they “could not find a space”, so we found some for them. “We’ve got space, show your face!”
#UAWonStrike
@UofCalifornia
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When 48k academic workers at the University of California are preparing to strike, you need a ton of picket sticks… two tons of them.
@UofCalifornia
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Dozens of my coworkers and I were physically attacked and maced by outside agitators while the university stood idly by. This escalation will not stand—our union will take swift and decisive action.
Last night, students and workers protesting peacefully at UCLA for justice in Palestine were physically attacked by a group of 100+ counter protesters. UC’s failure to protect students and workers is an abdication of its responsibility. UAW 4811 members are mobilizing in response
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Ended Day 2 of the strike on a high note with a massive rally at the center of campus. Day 3 starts tomorrow at 8am!
#UAWonStrike
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Ended Day 5 of the strike by marching through Wilshire and Westwood blvd.
#UAWonStrike
LA is a union town!
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Injunction against the UC strike DENIED. UC has had many chances to resolve its egregious ULPs and it has thus far refused to engage. Now two more campuses are walking out. UCLA and UC Davis—it’s time to Stand Up.
#StandUpUC
@uaw_4811
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It’s been 12 days since our last proposal for living wages and still no response from UC. It’s clear who’s responsible for the chaos.
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Proud of all my coworkers who made this historic win possible! This was years in the making, and we won!
BREAKING - We have tentative agreements that include raises of up to 80% for the lowest paid workers. The strike still continues until the agreements are ratified.
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Labor Relations
@UCSanDiego
told workers back in December it was ok to chalk on buildings. On 6/30 the university had 3 workers arrested on felony charges of vandalism. Funny how things change when the boss wants to wriggle out of a union contract.
On 6/30
@UCSanDiego
used campus police to arrest three academic workers at their homes on felony charges of vandalism for chalking “Living Wages Now” on a building in a protest a month prior. Now it turns out UCSD had previously told workers it was ok to chalk buildings.
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I began to organize with my union 4 years ago inspired by a vision to build strike power by organizing thousands of new workers into the union. What we have accomplished is transformative, but the work is not over— class struggle does not end with one contract.
Academic Student Employees and Student Researchers ratified our new contracts!
The vote breakdown was 11,386 to 7,097 for Academic Student Employees and 10,057 to 4,640 for Student Researchers.
#FairUCnow
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🧵Yesterday, our international union
@UAW
became the largest US union to call for a permanent ceasefire and an end to the occupation of Palestine. This is a major step for the American working class to join the int’l solidarity movement, born out of years of organizing. 1/2
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Coast to coast
#UAWonStrike
Part-time faculty at The New School gearing up to strike tomorrow morning
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Don’t cross the picket line
If you are an elected official in CA and you care about organized labor, you should not be speaking on UC campuses, classes or events while UAW is on strike. Don’t cross the picket line.
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Incredible victory by our cross-town siblings! LA truly is a union town.
WE WON OUR UNION! The votes are in. By an incredible 93% margin, a vote of 1599 Yes to 122 No, USC Graduate Student Workers have voted resoundingly in favor of forming our union, GSWOC-UAW!
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Union folks, what is the best grievance/ULP that you've ever won?
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One year ago today, 48k of my coworkers walked off the job and set off the largest strike in the history of higher education.
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Amazing video on why UC academic workers are fighting for fair contract
#UAWonStrike
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Never been prouder to be a part of the UCLA English department.
Here is another statement by UCLA faculty, this time from members of the Dept of English condemning the university’s police raid on the student protest encampment & its inaction against violent mobs attacking student protesters.
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Barry has been making the same tired argument for nearly a decade: . The reality is that his vision is a recipe for failure. Here’s a glance at what his vision did to UAW 2865 when he was an organizer at UC.
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Solidarity with my coworkers at UCSD fighting for their basic right to protest and hold UC accountable. We will not be intimidated!
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UC continues to shirk accountability for the violence it has caused and allowed against union members and the campus community.
PERB refuses to take immediate action to stop unlawful strike, UC will file a breach of contract action in state court.
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I’m proud to announce that I’m running for president of
@uaw_4811
on the
@UCUnionMADE
slate. We are the only cross-campus, cross-unit slate and we’re ready to lead UAW 4811 as we enter a new chapter as an amalgamated union of 48k workers.
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The UAW high ed labor movement continues to grow! Can’t wait to welcome Vanderbilt grads into the UAW family.
🎉 A majority of VU graduate student workers have signed a Union Authorization Card to form our union 🎉 We're so excited to join thousands of grad students across the country who have organized for a voice over our working conditions! Stay tuned for celebration and next steps!
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Historic win by Messi and Argentina! Now it’s time for SRU/UAW 2865 to clinch our own historic victory. Ratification of our tentative agreement guaranteeing wages increases of 55-80% begins tomorrow. VOTE YES!
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Another massive win by UAW higher Ed workers! Congrats
@AFAatUSC
!
We won our union! SCA Adjuncts voted 206-13 to form a union. 78% of all adjuncts participated. Adjunct faculty had hundreds of conversations with coworkers to secure this victory. Next up: winning a fair contract. ✊
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Today, AB 504 (the picket line protection bill) heads to floor for a vote. If signed into law, the bill would expand the right to solidarity strike to all public sector workers. This could fundamentally shift the balance of power towards workers.
The Picket Line Protection Bill, AB504, would protect all California public sector employees right to respect a picket line. Sign the letter and join the fight to protect everyone’s right to solidarity.
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Solidarity with our union siblings on the east coast fighting for a better university.
#UAWonStrike
Part-time faculty on the picket line this morning outside The New School University Center
Links to our press release and resources for faculty and students:
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Here’s why I’m voting YES on our union’s strike authorization vote
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I wrote on the ongoing intimidation campaign by UC to stop workers from fighting for fair implementation of our contracts
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I’m proud to be a part of Local 2865 and UAW Region 6, which first called for a ceasefire in October. Now that we have the power of the International UAW behind us, we must continue the movement until there is lasting peace and justice. 2/2
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The UAW higher ed labor movement keeps on growing!
It's public: grads
@UofMaryland
are officially a
@UAW
campaign! 200+ grad organizers are organizing a mass-participation, democratic union of 4100+ grads for living wages, protections against harassment & abuse, support for international student rights, better benefits, & more!
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That’s my head steward!
"We stand uncompromisingly behind the principle of freedom and dignity for Palestinians and all working people!" Head Steward from
@uaw2865
Iris on the labor movement and its support for Palestinian liberation! 🇵🇸✊
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We’re forming ONE BIG UNION! Together we’ll building the power to raise labor standards for academic workers everywhere.
Members of UAW 2865 + 5810 have voted overwhelmingly in favor of combining our locals! 92% of voters said YES to forming one big union for all academic workers across the UC. Now that members have spoken, our request to officially amalgamate moves on to the IEB for approval.
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Gov. Newsom missed a major opportunity to be a champion for workers everywhere. As he sets his sights on the White House, he’s shown labor whose side he’s on
California missed a major opportunity to lead on labor rights. AB 504 would have leveled the playing field between workers and employers at a time when workers around the country are standing up to fight inequality. We’ll be back! Thank you for your support
@EGReyesCA
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Proud to be a DSA member 💪
DSA stands in solidarity with UAW 4811’s decision to call a strike authorization vote in response to the University of California’s fierce repression of pro-Palestine protests, including the arrest and assault of several union members. 🧵(1/7)
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This May Day, join UAW 2865 alongside other UC workers and unions in an all-day series of teach-ins, actions, and panels. RSVP and schedule below
#FightForThePublic
#MayDay
#1u
#CancelRent
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The UC strike was the result of
4-year-long commitment to building high membership and participation in our union. If we’re serious about rebuilding the labor movement, then we need to be serious about high participation and new organizing. Excited to support these amendments
1. We Are Workers: DSA in a Resurgent Labor Movement.
Amending the NLC's Consensus Resolution to ensure our labor strategy applies to the entirety of DSA's membership - unionized or otherwise.
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Today, 48k of my coworkers across
@UofCalifornia
will begin voting to authorize what would be the largest strike in the history of higher ed in the US. We have a historic opportunity to transform public higher education, so vote YES and organize all your coworkers to do the same!
Strike Authorization Vote begins tomorrow!
🗳 Vote YES on day 1
🙋Share the FAQ with your coworkers & encourage them to vote YES with you:
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Congratulations to our union siblings
@spocuaw
on reaching a tentative agreement. UAW keeps raising the floor for all academic workers across the country.
After a 12-day strike we have reached a tentative agreement with
@IcahnMountSinai
! This is a massive achievement and would not have been possible without years of efforts by hundreds of postdocs and our incredible allies who stood with us ✊🏽
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💪💪💪
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Huge congratulations to the graduate student workers of MIT on their first contract!
The tentative agreement that we reached with the MIT Admin has been officially ratified into a contract! After our years of fighting, MIT grad workers now have a legally binding contract that sets in place the protections and benefits we all deserve.
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“If you can’t take the outcry, stop supporting this war.” That’s my president! 🫡
The UAW will never support the mass arrest or intimidation of those exercising their right to protest, strike, or speak out against injustice.
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We demand better from the “
#1
public university”
TAs at the "
#1
public university in the United States" shouldn’t have to live in cars and on couches. That’s why we’re fighting for $54K.
Join the fight ☞
#FairUCnow
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Gloves off! The multi-billion dollar juggernaut that is the UC has declared war on workers. Time to fight back with with a super-majority ULP strike and save
#OurUnion
.
@uaw2865
@SB2865
@BerkeleyUAW2865
@UAW5810
@UAW2865UCM
@UAWUCLA
@UAW2865UCI
#cola4all
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With this TA, UAW workers at USC have set a new standard for all unionized graduate workers in the private sector. Congratulations
@gswocusc
!
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Check out that historic raise!
SRs and ASEs have reached tentative agreements! The base wage increases in the tentative agreements are higher than the last 20 years of base wage increases combined. When we strike, we WIN.
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ONE BIG UNION
Amalgamation vote starts in just two days! Have questions? Be sure to attend the next Amalgamation Committee Town Hall this Tuesday @ 10 AM on zoom. RSVP here:
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Our union siblings at UW are in strike! Show your support by donating to their strike solidarity fund:
NO DEAL, WE STRIKE TODAY! Here is where we will be picketing across
@UW
. All family, friends and community members are welcome to join in solidarity!
#FairContractsUW
#UWPostdocsRSEs
#UWworksBCWeDo
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That’s right! We want a just transition to fight climate change.
can we talk about how cool it is that even the United AUTO Workers support Measure HLA?
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This is a major! Our east coast comrades' victory clearly shows the strategy of building industrial power is key to winning transformative contracts.
Contract wins:
✊48% pay increase for adjunct faculty by 2025
✊33% increase for TAs/GAs - $40,000 salary (in 25-26)
✊Presumptively renewable contracts for NTT faculty
✊ Job security for adjunct faculty
✊Protection against caste discrimination
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Bruins United-UAW?
BREAKING: NLRB rules that Dartmouth men’s basketball players ARE EMPLOYEES OF DARTMOUTH and are allowed to go forward with an election to create a union.
Story to come!
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Are you ready for 2025?
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You can join the UAW Region 6 flying squadrons here! Locations included in the form.
Where are the parts distribution centers. Ontario in the LA area? Where else? I urge those of us who are student/researcher/faculty members of the UAW to join these PDC picket lines as a manifestation of our solidarity in this historic fight.
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See you next Monday!
📣CALL TO ACTION📣 Join us and members of
@uaw5810
next Monday at the San Diego Central Courthouse where we will rally for free speech and call on
@ucsandiego
to
#DropTheCharges
RSVP:
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Wanna become a labor organizer? Apply the
@uawregion6
OLOM program to learn from some of the best organizers out there on how to build the movement.
Spend your summer organizing with UAW! The Region 6 organizer training program, Our Labor Our Movement, is now accepting applications for a 3-month paid internship to hone your organizing skills on a UAW campaign in California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, or Alaska. 1/2
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Today is May Day, and workers at the UC are coming together to
#FightForThePublic
. Join
@uaw2865
and its sibling unions at the UC for a full day of political action and education to demand
#SolidarityNotAusterity
.
#HigherEdWorksBecauseWeDo
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AB 504 has passed the Assembly with 80% of the vote. Now it’s headed to the Senate. Let’s keep up the pressure!
While we're skeptical there's a path to passage through California's resolutely neoliberal legislature, it's hard to overemphasize just how transformative AB 504 would be for public sector workers in this state
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Amazing episode on higher ed labor!
What an honor to do this interview on wall-to-wall organizing in higher ed on
@thedigradio
with the amazing
@DanielDenvir
and my visionary comrade
@murchnik
. Shout out to
@HigherEdLabor
@SFNDHE
@ruaaup
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This Wednesday from noon to 4pm, we will be phone banking our coworkers asking them to sign the ULP strike authorization vote pledge to show the university the power of collective action. If you would like to volunteer, please fill out this form:
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Huge congratulations to our siblings at Columbia!
📜We have a new contract! 🎉🎉🎉
After receiving a new tentative agreement last week, we ran a ratification vote - whereby 89.4% of postdocs and associate researchers voted to approve the contract!
This contract will now go into effect!
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Welcome to the UAW family, CAPS scientists! Excited to build power together 💪💪💪
The CAPS-UAW Affiliation Agreement has been ratified by CAPS membership! “YES - APPROVE” wins with 88% of the vote. 75% of CAPS membership voted.
#CAPSforUAW
@uawregion6
@UAW
✊
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Ridiculing the non-privileged is almost never funny–it's just mean.
The Abuse of Satire
http://t.co/N3HZjrUXEl
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That’s my shop steward!
“Since the economic shutdown of 2020, [workers] have realized the power that they have at the negotiating table."
#StandUpUAW
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A cop is a cop is a cop
Don’t be fooled by their attempts to pacify us: a kneeling cop is still a cop
#DefundThePolice
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“One of the most successful graduate worker unions is
@uaw2865
in the UC system, on their ninth contract since 2000.”
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UCSD is trying to silence workers protesting against blatant contract violations by issuing trumped-up student misconduct charges against 59 workers. Sign the petition telling UC to drop the charges and respect our contract:
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We fight together!
#workersunite
#cola4all
#solidarityforever
@uaw2865
@UAWUCLA
@UAW2865SD
@UAW2865UCI
@UAW2865UCI
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Hey
@DSA_LosAngeles
friends! Don't forget to vote in our chapter's Convention Delegates election--deadline is TONIGHT! And when you do, VOTE FOR ME and the other amazing Mass Action Slate members.
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May Day is tomorrow! UAW 2865 has organized a full day of political action and education. Join us over zoom to take action against the coming austerity and discuss how we can win truly public education, health, and housing for all!
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Why is former GSA President
@zakfisher4gsap1
taking personal credit for the collective struggle of UCLA workers? Careerist much?
@uclaGSA
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Work-in this Friday 10-2pm @ Dickson Court. Bring your sections!
@payusmoreucsc
@UAWUCLA
@uaw2865
#cola4all
#solidarityforever
#1u
#noretaliation
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This Friday, May 1st, join UAW 2865 and other UC workers to talk about the fight against austerity. Link below.
#FightForThePublic
#SolidarityNotAusterity
#UnionStrong
#MayDay
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Thrilled to be running alongside one of the best and most committed organizers I know to lead
@uaw_4811
! 🫡
Proud to announce that I’m running for
@uaw_4811
statewide ASE chair with
@UCUnionMADE
! We’re at a critical moment in the history of our local — newly amalgamated with all academic workers — and an upcoming contract campaign. I’m ready and excited to lead us into that future.
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Hey
@UAW2865
members: vacancy elections are right around the corner! I’m running on—and voting for—the Union for All slate because we’re dedicated to building a democratic union that fights and wins. You can learn more about us here:
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Just voted for one of the most badass
@uaw2865
organizers I know! VOTE FOR GABY and
#Union4All
.
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Now that UC's second request for injunctive relief has been denied by PERB, UC has decided to ignore the authority of what their own release calls “the state agency dedicated to the oversight of public employment” and shop for a friendlier forum.
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Sending VW workers lots of solidarity from
@uawregion6
as they undertake this historic union election! 💪💪💪
NEW: Volkswagen workers in Tennessee could win a union at a non-union car company for the first time in decades.
This week, they vote on joining the
@UAW
.
If they win, it'll change the course of history and set the American labor movement on a new path.
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Statewide Day of Action Friday, 4/10, 12-4pm. Fight back the UC attack! Sign up here:
@payusmoreucsc
@uaw2865
@UAWUCLA
@payusmoreucb
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Solidarity forever! Support UAW Academic Workers at UC!
Want to support Academic Workers in our fight for a fair workplace? Contribute to our strike support & hardship fund! Workers are voting to authorize a strike if circumstances justify, and you can help make sure picket lines are well-stocked.
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Have you helped phone bank your coworkers to organize for the ulp strike? Here's your chance!
uaw members across the state have been calling their coworkers every freakin day for over 2 weeks straight, organizing for our ULP STRIKE! have you helped???? sign up here:
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@MorePerfectUS
another important bill that was vetoed this weekend. AB 504 would’ve greatly expanded the power of striking workers
California missed a major opportunity to lead on labor rights. AB 504 would have leveled the playing field between workers and employers at a time when workers around the country are standing up to fight inequality. We’ll be back! Thank you for your support
@EGReyesCA
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State law is designed to give PERB jurisdiction over disputes like this one as it has the expertise in the field. UC should respect the law, return to mediation, and resolve their serious unfair labor practices, instead of continuing to insist that the rules do not apply to it.
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@intonationist
@UAWUCLA
No one is saying we're not in an emergency, but what counts as an emergency that justifies layoffs is different.
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Congratulations! This is a huge win for the entire higher ed labor movement!
We have a tentative framework for a deal. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥. We are gonna work hard to stitch up the missing pieces and make this a contract out amazing members, students and ally’s deserve.
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Sign the petition and get ready to organize!
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This is goofy af
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No need to wonder what Shakespeare's sister might have written if you look at the Spanish Comedia
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