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8,500 University of California Service Workers Announce Five-Day STRIKE
The strike could begin at anytime, but workers still hope an agreement can be reached....
Posted: Wed, Jul 2, 2008 7:46pm PDT
Anonymous protests against 'Church' of Scientology's critic harrassment group
Meetup at fountain in front of Horton Plaza...
Event Date: Sat, Jul 12, 2008 11:00am PDT
Posted: Sat, Jun 28, 2008 9:47pm PDT
Calling all UC Students & Alumni: No More Nukes at Our University!
A new online campaign is up that utilizes the strategic power of students and alumni to demand a peaceful and sustainable University. Check it out to learn more about the issue, join up and network with others. Together we can send a powerful message to the University of California that tells them we will not be complicit with the nuclear weapons industry!...
Posted: Tue, Jun 24, 2008 8:42pm PDT
The University is Unsustainable: A presentation by Darwin BondGraham and Will Parrish (audio/mpeg 6.4MB)
On June 2nd, the Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP) class at UC Santa Cruz hosted an evening entitled "The University is Unsustainable: militarism, nuclearism, corporatism and the UC." Student researchers Jono and Leah presented on UCSC's Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) while UCSC alumni Will Parrish and Darwin BondGraham focused on the University of California from 1868 to 2008, from the genocide of Indigenous Nations, the Spanish American War and the Manhattan Project, throu...
Posted: Tue, Jun 10, 2008 8:49pm PDT
The New Bad News for California About Blackwater
Letter by Jeremy Scahill for Courage Campaign citing the Orwellian disaster in store for us with Blackwater gaining access to our state....
Posted: Mon, Jun 9, 2008 4:48pm PDT
UC Graduation Speakers to Cancel Statewide Unless 20,000 UC Workers are Guaranteed a Fair Contract
“It is important to me that former President Clinton has decided not to speak at UCLA's graduation if he has to cross a picket line. The commencement ceremony is important to me; but not at the expense of ignoring the plight of thousands of workers on campus,” said Maricruz Cecena, a UCLA graduating senior....
Posted: Thu, Jun 5, 2008 9:10am PDT
AFSCME strike postponed -- what's next?
AFSCME 3299's strike (planned for June 4 - 5) has been postponed indefinitely. The university administration got scared by the intense organizing and solidarity being built at our campuses. So they broke out their checkbook and hired some professional union-busters, in an attempt to divide workers from one another, and to divide AFSCME from their allies. We have to respond by becoming more united and deepening our solidarity....
Posted: Sat, May 31, 2008 12:06pm PDT
UC's Coordinated "Return to the Bargaining Table"
Suddenly UC Executives claim that they still have proposals after their "last, best, and final proposal" was announced just last week, which did not come close to ending poverty wages at UC for Service workers and Patient Care Technical workers. The same workers that UC said were not important are now said to be vital to public safety if there was a strike....
Posted: Fri, May 30, 2008 6:55pm PDT
AFSCME strike against UC postponed by Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) action 5/29
AFSCME strike at all ten UC campuses and five hospitals has been postponed. Stay tuned for alternative action on strike dates of June 4&5....
Posted: Thu, May 29, 2008 5:37pm PDT
Joint Statement by AFSCME Local 3299 and the UC on Contract Negotiations
University of California officials and representatives of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union today (May 29) jointly announced that they will be returning to the bargaining table to continue negotiations for new labor contracts for the more than 20,000 UC patient care and service workers that AFSCME represents....
Posted: Thu, May 29, 2008 4:19pm PDT
A Message for TAs, RAs, and Other Grads: Support UC Service Workers!
Service workers (AFSCME 3299) are negotiating a new contract with UC. They are demanding basic fairness. Their core demand is equal work for equal pay....
Posted: Wed, May 28, 2008 7:12pm PDT
Know your enemy: About the UC executives
Who are we fighting?
Our opponents are UC Executives. We are not facing just the Regents, but rather a confusing and dysfunctional mélange of UC Executives, Regents, assistant-Vice-whatevers, who constantly point the finger elsewhere and cannot communicate with other departments. But they will give themselves raises....
Posted: Wed, May 28, 2008 6:21pm PDT
Support Striking UC Workers: Please help us pass the word!
20,000 workers at the Unviersity of California will be striking next week and they need our support. They are asking that no one speak on any of the UC campuses for any event or graduation until workers receive a fair contract....
Posted: Tue, May 27, 2008 7:01pm PDT
20,000 University of California Workers Vote to STRIKE
Results were tabulated at midnight on May 22nd, and an overwhelming majority voted to authorize the strike. The workers gave UC Executives notice that a strike could begin as soon as June 4th for the 20,000 workers at the University's five hospital/ten campus system....
Posted: Fri, May 23, 2008 3:58pm PDT
California Supreme Court Decision Due May 15 on Same-Sex Marriage
The California Supreme Court announced today that it plans to file a decision in the pending Marriage Cases tomorrow morning, May 15, at 10:00 a.m....
Posted: Wed, May 14, 2008 11:53am PDT
20,000 UC Workers Announce Strike Vote
California – On the heels of University of California's ongoing executive pay scandals, UC's Administration is once again being denounced for misplaced priorities. For ten months, 20,000 UC medical and service workers have been trying to protect quality patient care and CA communities, reporting that lack of competitive wages is impacting the University's ability to retain its best staff. After ten months of negotiating for equal pay for equal work, they have reached impasse, and the workers ...
Posted: Tue, May 13, 2008 9:29am PDT
For Workers Strikes Against the War! ILWU to shut down docks on May Day
In a major step for the U.S. labor movement, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) has announced that it will shut down West Coast ports on May 1, to demand an immediate end to the war and occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan and the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Middle East....
Posted: Thu, Apr 3, 2008 2:16pm PDT
Film Nights at The Front March 27-28
Join us March 27th @ 6pm for One Dollar Film Nights at the Front - 147 W. San Ysidro Blvd and
MARCH 28th @ 6pm for the last film and Closing Artist Reception...
Posted: Thu, Mar 27, 2008 1:16pm PDT
Collective Art Practice - Public Lecture Series - Spring 2008
Collective Art Practice - Performative and Networked Approaches to Challenging Power - Public Lecture Series, as part of VIS198 Directed Study Group...
Posted: Wed, Mar 12, 2008 12:19am PDT