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Santa Cruz Indymedia | Education & Student Activism | Labor & WorkersStudents and Workers (Re)United for Justice!
On October 18th, AFSCME workers and students at UC Santa Cruz held a rally in the Baytree Plaza and then marched to the base of campus calling on UC President Dynes to release funds promised by the California Legislature to low-paid UC workers. AFSCME workers and students are also demanding wages comparable to those of neighboring colleges and universities where people are paid up to 30% more for doing the same amount or less work. At the base of campus, people immediately marched into the center of the Bay and High intersection. Then everyone crossed the streets at the same time, though allowing cars to pass through without much delay. Since the police and Santa Cruz Metro began re-directing traffic away from the base of campus, people decided to use the opportunity to rally in the middle of the main entrance to campus. This was the first action this school year in ongoing struggle where students and workers are united in demanding social justice at UC Santa Cruz.  dana-frank_10-18-06.jpg In response to signs saying "Custodians Deserve Market Level Wages" Dana Frank (above) aserted that workers should have control and not allow 'the market' to determine their wages. Dana is a professor and graduate program director in the History department at UCSC.
For more photos and information, please see: AFSCME and Friends March for Wage Parity, Justice http://indybay.org/newsitems/2006/10/20/18322067.php
Baytree Plaza
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Tim Fitmaurice
 tim-fitzmaurice_10-18-06.... Tim is a lecturer in writing at UCSC, campus labor activist and member of the Santa Cruz City City Council
Living Wages
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Thumbs Up
 thumbs-up_10-18-06.jpg Most cars that passed the march gave signs up support, such the 'thumbs up' from this driver
Dynes, Release the Money
 dynes_10-18-06.jpg Over the summer, the California State Assembly passed legislation funding these wage increases, yet UC President Dynes has been holding the money hostage as a way of forcing union concessions over pension issues
Born in the Struggle
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Yes on G
 yes-g_10-18-06.jpg You can learn about Measure G in Santa Cruz....
Examining Measure G, Santa Cruz's Wage Hike Ballot Initiative http://indybay.org/newsitems/2006/10/13/18320109.php
Bay Street
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Justice October 18th
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High Street
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Cars
 car_10-18-06.jpg Workers and students allowed cars to pass through the demonstration
Workers and Students United
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MBCLC
 mbclc_10-18-06.jpg Solidarity from the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council
Paul Ortiz
 paul_10-18-06.jpg Paul is an associate professor in the Community Studies department at UCSC
Detour
 detour_10-18-06.jpg Santa Cruz Metro employees monitoried the demonstration.
Josh Sonnenfeld made a nice collage with the following caption http://indybay.org/uploads/2006/10/20/10182006_afscme_20.jpg "Here you have your Metro employees, who have suddenly decided its their job to monitor marches, a motorcycle cop, a SCPD SUV, a unmarked SUV with two cops inside, and at least 4 administrators (including Labor Relations and Student Affairs)." read more and see photos here: http://indybay.org/newsitems/2006/10/20/18321994.php
Maria
 maria_10-18-06.jpg Maria from the Student and Worker Coalition for Justice
Univision
 univision_10-18-06.jpg Univision was the only corporate media that I noticed at the demonstration. They drove up from Monterey and arrived after the march and rally was over...
*bypass the corporations; make media with your friends* Comments (Hide Comments)Calling for wage "parity" explicitly IS invoking the market
Saturday Oct 21st, 2006 2:26 PM
I just wanted to point that out. It makes no sense to call on UC to match the wages of what other low-paid workers are making in the same types of jobs and then call this a rejection of the market.
I'd be curious to hear what the going rates are for various positions on campus and how that, when multiplied by a full work-year, compares with the federal poverty level. At my home university some of the poorest-paid workers were making less than $18K for full-time jobs and could not swing it without holding down multiple jobs. one people, but
Saturday Oct 21st, 2006 2:42 PM
Jamie Bronstein wrote:
"Calling for wage "parity" explicitly IS invoking the market. I just wanted to point that out." Jamie, it was pointed out in the article when it said: "In response to signs saying "Custodians Deserve Market Level Wages" Dana Frank asserted that workers should have control and not allow 'the market' to determine their wages. Dana is a professor and graduate program director in the History department at UCSC." Dana Frank is saying that workers need to assert control of their work environment and not allow the market (wage parity) to determine their wages. However, demanding wage parity right now is a way to clearly illustrate the exploitive conditions suffered by UCSC workers at the whim of the University. UCSC could pay may. Cabrillo College and California State University at Monterey Bay have better pay rates for workers performing similar tasks. There is a budget PRIORITIES crisis in the UC system. Thanks for clarifying. Why allow professors to colonize your movement?
Saturday Oct 21st, 2006 7:27 PM
The professors around here are pretty well paid. Can they really relate?
What does UCSC view as most important: profitable patents, period
Sunday Oct 22nd, 2006 2:18 PM
Their primary concern is now developing profitable inventions: Dean Kliger said as much in an interview a year ago. The University is being taken over by corporate interests who don't give a damn about scientific integrity or decent wages - that's why Kliger was promoted from his previous position as Dean of Chemistry (a rotten department if there ever was one!).
This is all coming down from the UC Regents, of course - but they have plenty of allies at UCSC. That's the central reason why people are upset about the Regents. |
