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DESCRIPTION:Join the May Day strike against austerity and unsafe working conditions in 
 Santa Cruz!\n\nOur greatest weapon against layoffs, pay reductions, and 
 cuts to social welfare during and after COVID is the withholding of our 
 labor. Workers across the world at universities, Amazon, Whole Foods, 
 Target, Instacart, Walmart, and FedEx, to name a few, are going on strike 
 this May 1. In addition, millions of tenants are withholding their rent. 
 \n\nDo not go to work as usual May 1, whether in person or online. Do not 
 pay your rent. Reclaim the time and resources you need to care for yourself 
 and your community. \n\nJoin us for a May Day Caravan Friday from 
 12pm-4:30, as we stand with those striking and fighting for their right to 
 live in this city. This will be a slow-moving, socially-distant action 
 using car and bike transit. We will move from the UCSC campus downtown to 
 support workers across the city (route details TBA). Those without a 
 vehicle are welcome to join at one or more locations! If you are not 
 currently in Santa Cruz, you can still be part of our journey by following 
 along on Instagram @payusmoreucsc and Twitter @payusmoreucsc. \n\nWHAT TO 
 BRING!!!\n-Personal masks or bandanas\n-Banners, signs, and markers for 
 vehicles in support of striking workers and renters\n-White flags in 
 support of the rent strike\n-Flowers and other offerings for the UCSC loop 
 bus driver who passed away due to COVID\n-Care packages with masks, hand 
 sanitizer, and other safety supplies to donate to front line workers and 
 folks living unhoused\n\nUCSC graduate workers have been striking since 
 Fall 2019. While our tactics have had to change in response to COVID, we 
 continue to demand living wages so we can have housing, food and healthcare 
 security for graduate student workers, undergraduate students, and all 
 university workers. Our strike has spread across the state but the UC has 
 ignored our concerns, responding instead with police brutality, 
 terminations, and trumped-up student conduct summons. COVID-19 and the move 
 to online teaching via Zoom has systematically worsened the crisis we were 
 already living in. \n\nMany more workers are fighting back against 
 life-threatening precarity during COVID. Front line workers including 
 nurses, grocers, bus drivers, postal service workers and farm workers are 
 risking their lives to provide the public with crucial services. Many are 
 paid minimum wages and don’t have work-provided safety equipment. Our 
 community members who are unhoused, incarcerated, or detained by ICE are at 
 high-risk of dying from COVID due to crowded living conditions and lack of 
 medical care. And due to job losses and reduced hours, millions of renters 
 will be unable to pay their rent May 1.\n\nHow do we support these workers? 
 Don’t mourn, organize! Join workers across the country in calling for 
 what we need to survive. Solidarity Forever!\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/29/18832695.php
SUMMARY:Santa Cruz: May Day Car and Bike Caravan
LOCATION:Oakes College, UC Santa Cruz
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/29/18832695.php
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