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Why we are Striking An Open Letter to University of California Grad Students...
Posted: Mon, Mar 31, 2014 5:33pm PDT
Antonio Lopez: The Anatomy of Police Murder and Cover Up 
On February 21, 2014, the San Jose State University Police Department (UPD) murdered a community member, an undocumented Mexican immigrant....
Posted: Sun, Mar 23, 2014 1:17am PDT
Student from Santa Cruz Files $5 Million Claim against SJSU after Dormitory Hate Crimes 
Donald Williams Jr., a black student at San Jose State University, filed a $5 million claim on March 19 against the institution, which alleges breach of contract, breach of duty, negligence, and violation of the Unruh Act. The claim stems from alleged hate crimes committed against Williams in his SJSU dorm room by three of his housemates in the Fall of 2013. After the incidents became public, large protest rallies were held at the university organized by the SJSU Black Student Union, which de...
Posted: Fri, Mar 21, 2014 6:57pm PDT
UC Patient Care Workers Authorize Five Day Strike, March 24-28 Oakland: The University of California’s 13,000 Patient Care Technical Workers, represented by AFSCME 3299, have voted 97% in support of authorizing an Unfair Labor Practice Strike, and have informed the University of their intent to strike March 24th-28th....
Posted: Fri, Mar 14, 2014 2:27pm PDT
UCSC Graduate Student Workers Plan to Strike April 2-3 The statewide union for Graduate Student Workers, UAW Local 2865, has voted for a two-day strike to call for an end to UC intimidation of members and refusal to bargain over class size. On day one of the strike, certain campuses (like UCSC) will be striking over unfair labor practices that particularly impact members on their campuses. On day two of the strike, members will join together from all campuses, calling for a statewide strike to protest numerous Unfair Labor Practices (ULPs). UCSC ...
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2014 2:30pm PDT
Collective Statement Regarding the February 13th Day of Action 
Nearly one month ago, on February 13th 2014, upwards of two hundred and fifty people congregated at Sproul Plaza to protest Janet Napolitano’s appointment as UC President......
Posted: Tue, Mar 11, 2014 5:15pm PDT
Free Skool Santa Cruz Spring Calendar Out Now! 
The Spring Free Skool Calendar is out now! Find calendars around town and/or download it here!...
Posted: Mon, Mar 10, 2014 10:01pm PDT
Save SF City College movement – Interview with Professor Bob Price (audio/mpeg 54.5MB) Listen to a half hour interview with Dr. Price on various aspects of the movement to save City College from excessive downsizing and possible closure. The movement appears to be focused right now on at least 3 lawsuits aimed to curb the power of the corrupt capitalist oversight board ACCJC, and internal staff, faculty, and student actions aimed at reasonably complying with the draconian, destructive demands of the so-called “audit”. From my perspective, while the board is shown as a “rogue...
Posted: Sun, Mar 9, 2014 1:22pm PDT
Occupy the Farm rally in response to City Council decision March 12 For Immediate Release
March 7, 2014...
Posted: Sat, Mar 8, 2014 4:03am PST
March 5-6 UCSC Hahn Occupation Statement March 5-6 UCSC Hahn Occupation Statement...
Posted: Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:55am PST
Students End Hahn Occupation 
Students at UC Santa Cruz left the Hahn student services building today after occupying it for nearly 18 hours. Approximately 30 students decided as a group to leave; all of them were undergraduates. Before exiting the building they cleaned the area they occupied and then sang songs of solidarity and protest. The occupation was in support of UC workers and in continued opposition to the appointment of Janet Napolitano as president of the University of California system....
Posted: Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:36am PST
UCSC Students Shut Down Registrar, Occupy Hahn Building (part 2, photos) 
On March 5, students at UC Santa Cruz rallied in support of UC workers and in continued opposition to the appointment of Janet Napolitano as president of the University of California system. After a short rally at Quarry Plaza, students eventually marched to the Hahn student services building, which they decided to occupy indefinitely....
Posted: Thu, Mar 6, 2014 3:25am PST
UCSC Students Shut Down Registrar, Occupy Hahn Building 
Students at UC Santa Cruz marched to Hahn Student Services Building this afternoon and are currently occupying the Office of the Registrar, which was shut down shortly after students arrived. They are calling for the resignation of Janet Napolitano and for all UC worker demands to be met. [Top photo: Students arrived at the Hahn Building shortly after 3pm]...
Posted: Wed, Mar 5, 2014 7:33pm PST
UCSC Graduate Student Workers Receive Demands, Cancel Strike Graduate Student Workers at UC Santa Cruz announced on March 4 that, after two days of discussions, management has given in to all of their demands. The results: No more underpaid undergrad TAs, back pay ($6000 each) for all those who've already been in that position, serious reduction in TA workload for poorly planned Arts department classes, and a committee established to make recommendations for class-sizes with equal voices for labor and management....
Posted: Tue, Mar 4, 2014 7:39pm PST
As UC Continues Bad Faith Bargaining with Patient Care Workers, ULP Strike Vote Scheduled Oakland: The University of California’s largest union, AFSCME 3299, has announced that its 13,000 Patient Care Technical Workers will vote on whether to authorize an Unfair Labor Practice Strike on March 12th and 13th....
Posted: Tue, Mar 4, 2014 1:19pm PST
Farmers target four Sprouts locations to save Gill Tract farm 
On Saturday afternoon, urban farmers demonstrated at Sprouts grocery chain locations in Petaluma, Fremont, Sunnyvale, and Mountain View. The farmers held banners, distributed flyers, and mic-checked messages urging customers to shop elsewhere until the chain agrees not to pave over the historic Gill Tract farm in Albany....
Posted: Sat, Mar 1, 2014 10:16pm PST
Higher Ground: A Gospel Musical 
Higher Ground is a gospel musical written and directed by Jessica Anderson, a senior at Stanford from Chicago, IL. The play is a story about the civil rights movement and the way it inspired America and the world. http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/february/gospel-history-musical-022714.html...
Posted: Thu, Feb 27, 2014 2:05pm PST
AFSCME 3299 Cancels Strike, Announces "Historic" Agreement for UC Service Workers 
Oakland: The University of California and AFSCME 3299 have reached an historic, tentative, 4-year contract agreement for the system’s 8300 Service Workers. As a result, next week’s scheduled strike by AFSCME 3299 represented UC workers has been cancelled....
Posted: Thu, Feb 27, 2014 12:59pm PST
At UCSC Rally, Students Continue to Seek Napolitano's Resignation and Justice for Workers (video/x-flv 33.6MB) Students rallied at UC Santa Cruz on February 26 to continue to protest the hiring of Janet Napolitano as president of the University of California system. "We say no to Napolitano, yes to worker demands," organizers stated in an announcement for the event where students also expressed solidarity with UC Service Workers represented by AFSCME 3299, who will be striking statewide on March 3-7. [Top video: Mic Check at McHenry Library]...
Posted: Thu, Feb 27, 2014 5:04am PST
UC Could Try to Remove Redwood Grove in March (video/x-ms-wmv 206.3MB) UC Berkeley is planning to cut down a grove of 16 redwood trees as soon as March. The redwood trees behind Soda Hall, on Ridge Road and Le Roy Avenue are going to be replaced with the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, a privately funded tech design lab paid for by the CEO and Chairperson of the Board of Qualcomm Paul Jacobs. Qualcomm has representation on the UC Regents, through Sherry Lansing, who is both a regent and on the Qualcomm board of directors....
Posted: Thu, Feb 27, 2014 1:51am PST
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