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UC-AFT Strike Called Off Hours Before Picket Line Commences as Faculty and UCOP Reach a Tentative Labor Agreement

November 28, 2021November 29, 2021Jocelyn Brossia

Early in the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 17, UC-AFT faculty received the news that their planned two-day strike was canceled due to the ...

Incoming International Students with Online-Only Course Load Denied Entry to U.S.

July 26, 2020December 21, 2020Troy Tuquero 1

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement released a press statement on Friday, July 24 announcing that international students in new or initial status after ...

Dr. Michael Drake Appointed as First Black UC President

July 8, 2020December 21, 2020Troy Tuquero

Through a unanimous vote, the UC Board of Regents appointed Dr. Michael V. Drake as the next president of the UC system at ...

Black Student Union Issues Statement of Demands to UCSD

July 6, 2020December 21, 2020Niloufar Shahbandi 4

The Black Student Union at UC San Diego released a statement on June 22 with a list of demands for the university to ...

UCSA President Calls for System-Wide Academic Accommodations, Dismantling of How UCPD Currently Operates

June 4, 2020December 21, 2020Daisy Scott 1

In a statement released on June 2, University of California Student Association President Varsha Sarveshwar called for systematic changes across all UC campuses ...

UCOP Proposes Suspension of SAT/ACT for Freshman Applications

May 17, 2020May 21, 2020Troy Tuquero 1

UC President Janet Napolitano recommended that the body suspend usage of the SAT and ACT exams as part of UC undergraduate admissions over ...

AFSCME Strikes Following Unfair Labor Charge Against UC

April 14, 2019December 21, 2020Andrew Ha 2

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 3299 went on strike on April 10 to assert that workers have a ...

UC Librarians Agree to New Contract After Six Months of Bargaining

April 7, 2019April 7, 2019Zhuoying Lin 1

Written in collaboration with Abigail Staggemeier UC Librarians belonging to the University Council-American Federation of Teachers Union announced the ratification of a newly ...

Campus and Medical Workers Launch Statewide Protest of Labor Practices

March 29, 2019December 21, 2020Andrew Ha

Workers went on strike throughout the day on every UC campus against university administrators in protest of job outsourcing to third-party companies and ...

UCOP Addresses Trump’s Idea to Tie Federal Funding to University Free Speech

March 11, 2019December 21, 2020Troy Tuquero 1

The University of California Office of the President released a statement on March 4 in reaction to President Donald Trump’s vow at the ...