UCB Workers & Students Call Emergency Town Hall Meeting Against The Fee Hikes & Pay Cuts

A new coalition of rank-and-file workers (including service workers, librarians, GSI, technical workers, and clerical workers) and students is calling a campus-wide emergency Town Hall Meeting this Thursday July 9th, from 12 to 1pm, at UC Berkeley in front of California Hall to discuss and organize against the proposed cuts to classes, possible lay offs, tuition hikes, furloughs, etc. We recognize that neither cuts nor tuition hikes have ever saved jobs or quality of education. In fact, the recent history of tuition hikes clearly shows us that each time we accept a new fee increase it paves the way for more in the future. The Regents have consistently raised student tuition year after year in the absence of united student / worker opposition.

The flyer for Thursdays meeting is available here. Please forward, print and distribute it widely.

On July 15th, the board of UC Regents is meeting in San Francisco. It is critical that students, community members, and workers are present and stand united in opposition not only to the proposed cuts but also to the initiative to grant President Yudof "emergency powers". The Regents are intentionally pushing through these measures now, when they hope most students are away for summer, in order to avoid opposition. Thursday's meeting will provide a critical space to orchestrate the united resistance of workers, community members, and students.

One Struggle! One Fight! Students and Workers Unite!


Student Worker Activist Team (SWAT)