Strike Teach-in Slides – pay us more ucsc

Here are slides and a script to support TAs and instructors in teaching the strike to their sections and lectures this week (Feb 6-10). The presentation should take 15-20 minutes. Feel free to make a copy and improvise as needed. If you have time, we suggest using this teach-in to open up a discussion on what students want and need from their TAs and instructors during the coming weeks.

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. Now, we are on strike for Divestment, Disclosure, Transitional funding for researchers, & Amnesty for all protestors.