Press Release: November 21 2022

Led by Rep. Katie Porter, 18 Members of Congress Ask UC President Michael Drake to Bargain in Good Faith as Strike Enters its Second Week Rep. Porter delivered the letter to Drake this morning as classrooms and labs remained shuttered across all ten UC campuses and...

Press Release: November 18, 2022

UC ULP STRIKE UPDATE: DAY FIVE Berkeley, CA – Five days into the largest strike of the year and the largest strike ever at an institute of higher education, here is where things stand: Classrooms and labs remain closed across all ten campuses.   Tens of...

Press Release: November 17, 2022

UC ULP STRIKE UPDATE: DAY FOUR Berkeley, CA – Strikers will rally across the state today, with numbers exceeding turnout on Days 1, 2 and 3. UC claimed that paying wages that lift workers out of the federal classification of ‘Rent Burden’ – i.e., being...

Press Release: November 15, 2022

UC ULP STRIKE UPDATE: DAY TWO Berkeley, CA – Classrooms and research labs remained shuttered across UC’s ten campuses and the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab today as strikers hit the picket line for a second day. Solidarity poured in from professors who refused...

Press Release: Monday, Nov. 14, 2022 PM

UC ULP STRIKE UPDATE: DAY ONE Berkeley, CA – Today was historic – tens of thousands of academic workers across all ten UC campuses and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory shut down their classrooms and research labs this morning, walking off the job and onto...