If you’re a faculty member, an undergrad affected by the strike, or a community member wanting to extend support, thanks for your willingness to help!
Below, you’ll find a list of ways to extend support for your strike.
Donate to the UC Academic Workers Strike Support and Financial Hardship Fund.
Feed workers on the picket line.
- UC Santa Cruz | Venmo: @isabel-kain
Faculty and Lecturer Information:
- Faculty statewide have committed to respecting the rights of UAW 4811 members to organize and strike as they vote on whether to authorize an Unfair Labor Practices Strike. You can find the Statewide faculty non-retaliation pledge here. And you can sign on to the pledge for senate faculty to not pick up struck labor here.
- CUCFA FAQs about a UAW Strike (Council of UC Faculty Associations)
- CUCFA non-retaliation statement
- AFT FAQs about Strike (Lecturers’ Union)
- Template grads-to-faculty letter
Resources for Undergraduates with TAs & GSIs on strike:
Please see this Frequently Asked Questions document. If your questions still aren’t answered, please feel free to come chat with us at the picket line — we’d love to see you there!
Picketing
Show up at your nearest UC to picket! 8am-5pm weekdays.
Anyone can participate in the picket! Even and especially allies!
Bring water, snacks, sunscreen/a hat and warm comfortable clothing. You’ll have the opportunity to participate in chants, marches, listen to speeches, and participate or help with whatever fantastic other things are happening during your shift such as performances, art-making, serving and eating food, workshops, and more.
Send a message to admin supporting our strike.
To UC President Drake
- Sign the petition to President Drake.
- On twitter: @UCPrezDrake
- Via email: president@ucop.edu
- Via mail: Michael Drake, President University of California Office of the President 1111 Franklin Street Oakland, CA 94607
To UC Chancellors
- Berkeley, Carol T. Christ, chancellor@berkeley.edu
- Davis, Gary S. May, chancellor@ucdavis.edu (twitter: @Chancellor_May)
- Irvine, Howard Gillman, chancellor@uci.edu
- Los Angeles, Gene Block, chancellor@ucla.edu (twitter: @UCLAchancellor)
- Merced, Juan Sánchez Muñoz, chancellormunoz@ucmerced.edu
- Riverside, Kim A. Wilcox, chancellor@ucr.edu (IG: @chancellor_wilcox)
- San Diego, Pradeep K. Khosla, chancellor@ucsd.edu
- San Francisco, Sam Hawgood, Chancellor@ucsf.edu, (Work phone: 415-476-6582)
- Santa Barbara, Henry T. Yang, henry.yang@ucsb.edu, (Work phone: 805-893-2231)
To Public Officials
- CA Gov. Gavin Newsom:
Contact form
Via phone: 916-445-2841
Media
Tag us @payusmoreucsc on instagram and twitter. You can also tag our statewide union @uaw_4811. Use the hashtag #StandUpUC
More information and community resources available at https://www.uaw4811.org/updates.