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Will UESF fight for a Living Wage? 
This article summarizes the major issues around UESF's upcoming contract fight and argues that the issues surround the wages and work hours of our poorest members must be central to our fight this year. It also makes the case for the need to prepare for a strike....
Posted: Fri, Dec 6, 2013 8:53pm PST
UC Santa Cruz Students Distribute Fake Eviction Notices on Campus Members of the UC Santa Cruz Committee for Justice in Palestine (UCSC CJP) distributed fake eviction notices to students in dormitories on Tuesday evening. The notices, meant to raise awareness of the plight faced by Palestinian Bedouins in Israel, also notified students that a rally in support of Palestinian Bedouins facing displacement will take place on December 4th at the Quarry Plaza, noon-4pm....
Posted: Wed, Dec 4, 2013 10:21am PST
Free workshop helps undocumented youths become DACA-mented 
The San José Peace and Justice Center and the Justice Studies Program at San José State University held a free workshop to assist undocumented youths in filling out the complex applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)....
Posted: Mon, Dec 2, 2013 1:41pm PST
Radio Autonomía: Zapatismo in the Bay DEC 2013: "Youth & Education Movements" (audio/mpeg 94.0MB) Radio Autonomía: Zapatismo in the Bay DEC 2013 SHOW "Youth & Education Movements"...
Posted: Mon, Dec 2, 2013 12:35am PST
Open Letter to SFSU President Wong Concerning Student Celebration of the Edward Said Mural 
President Wong: We are writing on behalf of the National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (NLGSF), to express our serious concern about your statements regarding the November 7 student celebration of the Edward Said mural, and to urge you to uphold academic freedom by Palestinian students and faculty against outside political pressure. AMCHA’s call for investigation and discipline and false accusation of anti-Semitism against GUPS and AMED is a politically motivated attempt to sil...
Posted: Sat, Nov 30, 2013 12:58am PST
San Jose State University Hate Crime Deplorable African-American Student at San Jose State University Endured Months of Torment by Dorm Mates...
Posted: Tue, Nov 26, 2013 11:04am PST
Workers and Students Shutdown UCSC (pt 2: rally videos) (video/x-flv 41.8MB) Students and workers at UC Santa Cruz blocked both entrances and shut the campus down in support of a University of California-wide unfair labor practices strike on November 20, called for by AFSCME 3299. Videos are from the rally held at the base of campus at noon. Top video: Worker/AFSCME Member speaks....
Posted: Sat, Nov 23, 2013 8:35am PST
Workers and Students Shutdown UCSC during Statewide ULP Strike (video/x-flv 31.4MB) Students and workers at UC Santa Cruz blocked both entrances and shut the campus down in support of a University of California-wide unfair labor practices strike on November 20, called for by AFSCME 3299. [Top video: compilation of clips from the blockade of the west entrance of UCSC and the march down to the main entrance of campus. Scroll down to view photos.]...
Posted: Fri, Nov 22, 2013 1:04am PST
SSP&RIT honored to have Vallejo High School mascot removed VALLEJO, CA – Sacred Sites Protection & Rights of Indigenous Tribes (SSP&RIT) advised the Vallejo City Unified School District (VCUSD) Board of Education on November 20 to remove its mascot (Apache) as it is offensive to Native Americans....
Posted: Thu, Nov 21, 2013 8:08am PST
SSP&RIT moves to have Vallejo High School mascot removed 
VALLEJO, CA. - Sacred Sites Protection & Rights of Indigenous Tribes (SSP&RIT) has advised the Vallejo City Unified School District, Board of Education to remove the Vallejo High School mascot (Apache), as it is offensive to Native Americans....
Posted: Wed, Nov 13, 2013 4:56pm PST
AFSCME 3299 Announces Nov 20 ULP Strike at University of California 
Oakland: The University of California’s largest union today gave UC Administrators notice that its members will participate in a one day Unfair Labor Practice Strike of UC Campuses and Medical Centers on November 20th. AFSCME 3299 Service and Patient Care workers will be joined on the picket lines by members of the California Nurses Association and UC Santa Cruz’ Skilled Crafts Unit (K7—also represented by AFSCME 3299)—each of whom have authorized a sympathy strike and given notice to UC. See...
Posted: Fri, Nov 8, 2013 5:04pm PST
Student Academic Workers Strive to Bring Many Voices When Bargaining with UC Managers (video/x-flv 11.5MB) University of California student academic workers from around the state who serve as union negotiators gathered at UC Santa Cruz to meet with UC managers during the second day of the northern California bargaining session on October 22. To bring more voices to the process, a rally at Quarry Plaza was held where speakers were heard, which was followed by a march to the Humanities 1 building. When the large group of mostly graduate students reached the bargaining location, which was on the fir...
Posted: Fri, Nov 1, 2013 9:51pm PDT
Rally to Save City College Start at CCSF's Civic Center campus
750 Eddy St. near Polk at 3:30 pm
March down Polk St. for a rally on the
City Hall steps at 4:00 pm....
Event Date: Thu, Oct 31, 2013 3:30pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Oct 29, 2013 4:02pm PDT
University of California Bargaining Testimony The testimonials of UC student-workers--TAs, readers, and tutors--about the declining quality and access to education at the University of California. These are stories shared during bargaining for UAW 2865, the UC Student-Workers' Union, in the campaign for a new, fair contract for student-workers....
Posted: Sun, Oct 27, 2013 6:56pm PDT
UC to encroach on public right of way, install archway on Telegraph Avenue 
In this first semester as new UC Berkeley president, Nicholas Dirks has expressed intentions to increase the UC's influence over Telegraph Avenue by encroaching on the public right of way to install a piece of UC Berkeley property - an illuminated archway. The archway is designed by university staff and the Berkeley Design Advocates, a local design firm who supports the sale of the Berkeley Post Office by UC regent Richard Blum. The city of Berkeley's department of public works made minimal...
Posted: Sat, Oct 26, 2013 12:38am PDT
Janet Napolitano Visit Protested at UC Santa Cruz (video/x-flv 124.1MB) Students and workers protest incoming University of California President Janet Napolitano on the second day of her visit to UC Santa Cruz on October 18. Individuals made their voices heard in Clark Kerr Hall when the former head of homeland security met with a representative of UC Santa Cruz's student government privately inside of the building....
Posted: Sat, Oct 19, 2013 9:43am PDT
Radio Autonomía: Zapatismo:: Classroom Struggle Interview (audio/mpeg 22.2MB) Interview with Classroom Struggle...
Posted: Wed, Oct 16, 2013 11:32am PDT
GROWTH 2013 
An introduction and in-depth analysis of campus expansion at UC Santa Cruz, raising questions about colonialism, UC politics, regional water conservation, endangered species protection, and the meaning of university education. From the creators of the Disorientation Guide....
Posted: Mon, Oct 14, 2013 5:35pm PDT
Radio Autonomía: Zapatismo in the Bay October 2013 SHOW (audio/mpeg 105.5MB) Full Audio plus individual segments from the October 6, 2013 broadcast of Radio Autonomía: Zapatismo in the Bay on Berkeley Liberation Radio, 104.1 FM, livestream at Berkeley Liberation Radio...
Posted: Sat, Oct 12, 2013 2:19pm PDT
Apple Harvest and Cider Pressing with Santa Cruz Fruit Tree Project 
On Saturday, September 28, the Santa Cruz Fruit Tree Project held their annual apple harvest and cider pressing party at the Live Oak Grange located at 1900 17th Avenue in Live Oak....
Posted: Sun, Sep 29, 2013 9:39pm PDT
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