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May 28, 2024: Mediation has started. Our divestment demands remain clear.
May 27, 2024: The Stand Up Strike enters its second week.
May 25, 2024: A message from workers at the University of California striking in support of Palestine and in defense of the right to protest for Palestine.
May 23, 2024: Update on Day 4 of our strike, as we await PERB’s decision about UCOP’s request for emergency injunctive relief.
May 20, 2024: UC’s most striking campus Stands Up!
May 14, 2024: What does it mean to strike for divestment?
May 14, 2024: Workers are voting to authorize a strike. The moment is open.
May 6, 2024: Workers in the UC are preparing to strike for Palestine.
May 1, 2024: Grad workers at UC Santa Cruz walk off the job today in solidarity with the call from the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions.

Mission

We are TAs, GSIs, Tutors, Readers, Student Researchers, Fellows, Postdocs, and Academic Researchers at UCSC. We are represented by our union, UAW 4811 (Formerly UAW 2865 and UAW 5810). In 2019/2020, workers at UCSC withheld labor for a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA), and in 2022, our statewide union struck for 6 weeks over a COLA, arguing for a 54k base wage for all academic workers with the goal of raising the living conditions of academic workers across the state. Then, in 2024, we went on strike for Divestment, Disclosure, Transitional funding for researchers, & Amnesty for all protestors. Now, we’re fighting against the attacks on higher education taking place on a national scale as we build a campaign for a UC that works for all of us.