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Releases

December 23, 2022: UAW Workers at UC Ratify Industry-Leading Contracts, Ending the Largest Strike of the Year with Historic Gains

December 16, 2022: STRIKING UC WORKERS REACH TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH UC

December 13, 2022: THOUSANDS OF UC WORKERS WILL RALLY WEDNESDAY MORNING OUTSIDE REGENTS’ MEETING AT UCLA

December 12, 2022: UC ULP STRIKE UPDATE: DAY 29

December 9, 2022: UAW and UC Move to Mediation to Resolve Outstanding Disputes

December 5, 2022: 17 STRIKING ACADEMIC WORKERS ARRESTED AT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT SIT-IN IN SACRAMENTO

December 5, 2022: UC WORKERS HOLD SIT-INS ACROSS THE STATE AND MAJOR RALLY IN SACRAMENTO AS THE LARGEST STRIKE IN THE NATION ENTERS ITS FOURTH WEEK

November 29, 2022: UC POSTDOCS AND ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS REACH A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT

November 28, 2022: UC’S FAILURE TO RESPOND TO GRAD WORKER WAGE PROPOSAL SENDS LARGEST STRIKE IN THE COUNTRY INTO ITS THIRD WEEK

November 22, 2022: PERB FIND VALIDITY TO SIX KEY UAW UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE CLAIMS, ORDERS UC TO APPEAR AT HEARINGS

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

November 18, 2022: UC ULP STRIKE UPDATE: DAY FIVE

November 17, 2022: UC ULP STRIKE UPDATE: DAY FOUR

November 15, 2022: UC ULP STRIKE UPDATE: DAY TWO

November 14, 2022: UC ULP STRIKE UPDATE: DAY ONE

November 14, 2022: BREAKING: AS LARGEST STRIKE IN THE COUNTRY UNFOLDS ACROSS ALL TEN UC CAMPUSES, LEGISLATORS CALL ON UC TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH

November 12, 2022: **MONDAY AT UCSD** CAL FED’S LORENA GONZALEZ FLETCHER TO BE JOINED BY SAN DIEGO IMPERIAL LABOR COUNCIL’S BRIGITTE BROWNING AND BoS CHAIR FLETCHER IN SUPPORT OF 48,000 UNION WORKERS POISED TO STRIKE AT UC

November 4, 2022: UC ULP STRIKE DATE SET FOR NOVEMBER 14

November 2, 2022: UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE STRIKE AT UC AUTHORIZED BY AN OVERWHELMING MARGIN OF ACADEMIC WORKERS

Press

Strike

Los Angeles Times – UC strike energizes unprecedented national surge of union organizing by academic workers

Politico – University of California workers approve contract agreement, ending longest higher education strike in U.S.

ABC 7 Denver – Historic strike leaves lasting impact on universities across the nation

SF Chronicle – How ‘historic’ UC strikes could ignite a new labor movement in California

LA Times – Chaos over grades, finals, and ongoing classes as UC strike continues

LA Times – UC postdoctoral scholars and researchers reach tentative deal but strike continues

LA Times – In the UC strike, professors can’t keep up with grading. Students will suffer

Marketplace – 12,000 striking academic workers reach tentative agreement with University of California

New Yorker – What’s at Stake in the University of California Graduate-Worker Strike

San Francisco Examiner – The high cost of housing is a UC-created crisis

Science – Postdoc union reaches tentative agreement with University of California

Time – How the University of California Strike Could Reshape Higher Education

The New York Times: University of California Academic Employees Strike for Higher Pay

The Washington Post: In largest strike of 2022, California academic workers walk off job

KQED Forum: LISTEN 48,000 Academic Workers Strike Across University of California Campuses

ABC7 News: 48K UC academic workers ready to strike for better wages Monday across 10 campuses

Wall Street Journal: University of California strike disrupts classes just weeks before finals

CBS: UC campuses brace for massive strike by student workers 

ABC7: Thousands of University of California academic researchers, student employees go on strike

ABC10: Thousands of UC workers set to strike Monday

CBS8: Thousands of UC workers strike at UC campuses

KTLA: University of California workers go on strike amid demand for increased pay

Fresno Bee: Thousands on strike across University of California schools, including UC Merced

The Young Turks: Thousands of University of California Academic Employees Stage Massive Strike

Strike Authorization Vote

Sacramento Bee: Thousands of UC researchers, teaching assistants authorize strike across 10 campuses

The San Francisco Chronicle: Thousands set to strike across UC system beginning Nov. 14. The action could hobble research and grading ahead of finals

Patch News: UC academic employees vote to strike for better working conditions, wages, housing

Santa Barbara Independent: UC Academic Workers Union Set Strike Date for November 14

KCRA: UC student workers vote to authorize a strike

Common Dreams: University of California Academic Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Strike

UCSD Guardian: BREAKING: Thousands of UAW Academic Union Workers Across UC Campuses Vote to Authorize Strike

UCSF Synapse: Student Researchers Hold Strike Vote

Daily Kos: University of California academic workers vote to strike, this week in the war on workers

Liberation News: U of California Academic Workers make history with largest, decisive vote to strike Nov. 14

UC-Wide Actions Against Bullying:

CBS8: Some UC San Diego grad researchers claim they were bullied by their supervisors

Inside Higher Ed: Seeking Protections Against Bullying

The Daily Californian: ‘Time to take action’: Campus researchers protest alleged bullying

April 26 UC-Wide Action:

Politico: UC WORKERS SPEAK OUT

San Francisco Chronicle: UC’s academic workers across California set for ‘mass protest’ of wages, working conditions Tuesday

San Francisco Chronicle: UC Student Workers Block Berkeley Intersection, Protesting Over Wages and Working Conditions 

LATimes: UC academic workers block Westwood intersection to protest pay, policies

Daily Pilot (via the LA Times): UC Irvine postdoc students, assistants and researchers rally to demand ‘fair workplace’

LAist: Frustrated Over UC Negotiations, Student Workers Stage Protest At UCLA

San Diego Fox 5: UC San Diego students, staff protest over low wages

KUSI: UCSD post-doc students, assistants, researchers hold demonstration to demand fairer workplace

Daily Bruin: UC union workers rally for fair wages on Wilshire and Westwood Boulevards

Housing Action:

More Perfect Union: UC SAN DIEGO CREATES A HOUSING CRISIS FOR GRADUATE STUDENT WORKERS

SFBayView: Student workers to demand UC end devastating on-campus rent burden at massive rally Thursday, Feb. 24

Liberation: Merced joins statewide UC actions to demand housing justice

Davis Enterprise: UCD student workers demand more affordable housing

Santa Barbara News Press: UCSB students protest against housing crisis

Santa Barbara Independent: Student Workers Demand UC Santa Barbara Address Housing, Rent Burdens

Daily Cal: ‘End rent burden’: UC Berkeley academic workers rally to address housing affordability

Daily Bruin: Labor unions rally to demand UC end rent burden, provide affordable housing

The Guardian: Graduate and PhD Students Protest at Chancellor’s Mansion Against Rent Burden

The Highlander: Student Researchers United rallies against rent burden

Daily Nexus: Student Workers March to Chancellor Yang’s Home, Demanding Affordable Housing in New Contract

 Opinion Pieces:

Jacobin: Unionizing Gave Me Hope — and Made Me Feel Like a Human Being, Natalie Moncada

Labor Notes: Workplace Bullying in Higher Education is Rampant. We’re Fighting Back, Yiwen Huang, Marco Man-Ho Tang, and Liz Adler

The Daily Californian:UC has opportunity to strengthen anti-bullying protections