[Sehefac] UC Strike update

[Ellen Reese]

Dear colleagues,

I enjoyed spending the morning with AFSCME 3299 workers this morning on
their last day of their 2-day strike, which was scheduled to end at 4pm
today. I hope many of you and/or your students had a chance to also connect
with striking workers &/or had good discussions about these strikes with
other colleagues, students, and/or staff.

Today, we had a spirited march through campus at 10am and rallied before
and after. Hopefully, the administration will offer AFSCME 3299 & UPTE 9119
a good contract. If not, it is very likely that there will be future
strikes and, if and when they occur, they would very much like as many
faculty, student, & staff to join them on the picket line as possible.

I learned that UPTE-represented workers had a picket line at UCR only on
day 1 of their 3-day strike (yesterday). I found this info below regarding
their picket locations & times for tomorrow, Friday, 2/28 (the last day of
UPTE's 3-day strike). See: https://upte.org/ucstrike

*Please note:** UPTE-represented workers at UC Riverside are **encouraged
to join the picket lines at UC Irvine or UC Los Angeles on February 27 &
28, 2025.** For further details, select the “**UC Irvine**” or "**UC Los
Angeles**" option.*

UCLA 2/28 picket info:

   -

   February 28 from 8 am to 1 pm: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, 757
   Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095

UCI 2/28 picket info:


   -

   February 28 from 8 am to 1 pm: On the corner of The City Drive & Medical
   Center Drive, near Pavilion 2, 101 The City Dr S, Orange, CA 92868


For info on the reasons for AFSCME 3299's 2-day strike, see:
https://afscme3299.org/media/release-university-of-california-service-and-patient-care-workers-to-strike-over-unfair-labor-practices-feb-26th-and-27th/

For background on UPTE 9119's 3-day strike on 2/26-2/28, see:
https://laist.com/news/education/thousands-of-uc-employees-vote-to-strike-amid-federal-funding-threats

See also:
https://upte.org/ucstrike

In solidarity,
Ellen Reese
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Society, Environment, and Health
Equity (https://sehe.ucr.edu/)
Chair of Labor Studies (laborstudies.ucr.edu)
Faculty Co-Director of the Inland Empire Labor & Community Center (
ielcc.ucr.edu)
UC-Riverside

*Most recent books *
*Unsustainable: Amazon, Warehousing, and the Politics of Exploitation*
(with Juliann Emmons Allison, UC Press, 2023)
https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520388383/unsustainable

*The Cost of Free Shipping: Amazon in the Global Economy*, co-edited with
Jake Alimahomed-Wilson (Pluto Press, 2020; Winner of UALE's Best Book
Related to Labor Education Award, 2020-2021)
https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745341484/the-cost-of-free-shipping/
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