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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 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
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
NewsNation: 48,000 University of California academic workers on strike
Good Morning America: 48,000 University of California academic workers go on strike
CNN: 48,000 University of California academic workers go on strike
Reuters: University of California academic workers go on strike
Inside Higher Ed: Disruptions Ahead
Santa Barbara Independent: Tens of Thousands of Academic Workers Go on Strike Across 10 UC Campuses
The New Republic: Don’t Laugh: The Striking U.C. Grad Students Have a Strong Case
KPBS: Strike continues against UC, enters second day
LA Times: Today’s Headlines: Behind UC strike is a push to change a way of life for academic aides
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
LA Times: A strike by UC academic workers would tarnish the prestigious university system
KTVU: Nearly 50,000 UC employees plan to strike on Monday
NBC Bay Area: Nearly 48,000 Workers Poised to Strike Across the UC System
The Mercury News: Up to 48,000 University of California academic workers plan to go on strike Monday
ABC10: Thousands of UC workers set to strike Monday
Daily Cal: UAW votes to strike following historic authorization vote
Daily Bruin: UC academic employees vote to strike for better working conditions, wages, housing
KRON4: UC student workers vote to strike
San Francisco Standard: Nearly 50,000 University of California Workers Could Go on Strike This Month
NBC Bay Area: Tens of Thousands of UC Workers Authorize Strike Over Pay, Conditions
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
KION: UC student workers vote to strike
Best Colleges: University of California Workers Authorize Strike
Democracy Now: University of California Student Workers Overwhelmingly Approve Nov. 14 Strike
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
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