Graduate wildcats went back out on strike again today. We give our eternal and overwhelming thanks to the undergrads who showed up, stood by our sides, were threatened by an army of cops from all across the Bay Area – surely costing the university tens, hundreds, of thousands of unnecessary dollars. Police apparently reported that they were going to do “whatever they needed to do.” What, exactly, do they need to do? What are they afraid of?
Faculty, again, marched down from campus and met for a Faculty Assembly at 4. We are so grateful for their continued work with and alongside us. Tomorrow, they will meet at the Women’s Center at 11 and march at 11:30 am down to the base of campus. We look forward to seeing them there.
Lori Kletzer and Quentin Williams, meanwhile, granted a meeting with three graduate students and two faculty members (remember when they said they couldn’t meet with us?). In today’s meeting, grads reiterated that all decisions would be made collectively and told admin to offer them something to take back to our general assembly. What did admin offer us? 1) no money offer, and 2) a “substantive meeting”, where we might discuss financial resources, should we call off the strike. At our 4:30 pm General Assembly, grads, of course, did not see this as sufficient to call off the strike. So, we go back out at 7:30 am again tomorrow. This decision will be reported to them tomorrow when we meet with them again.
We will have an Organizing Committee meeting at 8:00 am close to the sign. 4:30 pm is our General Assembly. Look out for other events/ updates. All are welcome.
Solidarity.
Striking graduate students