<div dir="ltr">Dear colleagues,<div><br></div><div>The Solidarity rally planned for 5/7 at noon at the bell tower has been cancelled. As you might have heard, those involved closed the encampment last Friday after winning various demands through an agreement with UCR administrators.</div><div><br></div><div>There are various sign-on statements and other actions happening or being planned or considered related to police repression of student protesters at other campuses, including UCLA. </div><div><br></div><div>RFA circulated one sign-on statement this morning. </div><div><br></div><div>Below is a message regarding another sign-on statement for UC faculty and staff (developed by faculty and staff at UCLA related to the situation on that campus, but open to all UC faculty and staff to sign): </div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail-gE gmail-iv gmail-gt" style="font-size:0.875rem;padding:20px 0px 0px"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><table cellpadding="0" class="gmail-cf gmail-gJ" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:0px;width:auto;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:0.875rem;display:block"><tbody style="display:block"><tr class="gmail-acZ" style="display:flex;height:auto"><td class="gmail-gF gmail-gK" style="padding:0px;vertical-align:top;width:583.068px;line-height:20px;display:block;max-height:20px"><table cellpadding="0" class="gmail-cf gmail-ix" style="border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed;width:583.068px"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-c2" style="display:flex"><h3 class="gmail-iw" style="overflow:hidden;font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:inherit;margin:inherit;text-overflow:ellipsis;color:rgb(95,99,104);line-height:20px"><span class="gmail-qu" role="gridcell" tabindex="-1"><span name="Michael Chwe" class="gmail-gD" style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-size:0.875rem;font-weight:bold;display:inline;vertical-align:top;line-height:20px"><span style="vertical-align:top">Michael Chwe</span></span> <span class="gmail-cfXrwd"></span><span class="gmail-go" style="vertical-align:top;color:rgb(94,94,94)"><span aria-hidden="true"><</span><a href="mailto:michael@chwe.net">michael@chwe.net</a><span aria-hidden="true">></span></span> </span><div class="gmail-Xg2J0b" style="overflow:visible;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top"><span class="gmail-Ca" role="link" tabindex="0" style="color:rgb(26,115,232);font-size:0.875rem;border:none;display:inline-flex;background:none;box-sizing:border-box;border-radius:12px;height:20px;margin-left:8px;overflow:hidden;min-width:80px;outline:none;padding:0px 12px">Unsubscribe</span></div></h3></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="gmail-gH gmail-bAk" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;display:block;max-height:20px"><div class="gmail-gK" style="padding:0px;display:flex"><span id="gmail-:5c4" class="gmail-g3" title="May 6, 2024, 12:56 PM" alt="May 6, 2024, 12:56 PM" role="gridcell" tabindex="-1" style="vertical-align:top;margin:0px;font-size:0.75rem;color:rgb(94,94,94);display:block;line-height:20px">12:56 PM (3 hours ago)</span><div class="gmail-zd gmail-bi4" aria-label="Not starred" tabindex="0" role="checkbox" aria-checked="false" style="display:inline-block;height:20px;margin-left:20px;outline:0px"><span class="gmail-T-KT" style="display:inline-flex;height:20px;text-align:center;width:20px;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:none;outline:none"></span></div></div></td><td class="gmail-gH" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;display:flex"></td><td class="gmail-gH gmail-acX gmail-bAm" rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;display:block;max-height:20px"><div class="gmail-T-I gmail-J-J5-Ji gmail-T-I-Js-IF gmail-aaq gmail-T-I-ax7 gmail-L3" role="button" tabindex="0" aria-label="Reply" style="display:inline-flex;border-radius:2px 0px 0px 2px;font-size:0.875rem;text-align:center;margin:0px 0px 0px 20px;height:20px;line-height:18px;min-width:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;background:transparent;color:rgb(68,68,68);border:none"><img class="gmail-hB gmail-T-I-J3" role="button" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif" alt="" style="background: url("//ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/gm3/2x/reply_baseline_nv700_20dp.png") 50% 50% / 20px no-repeat; height: 20px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 20px; opacity: 1; display: inline-block; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.15s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1) 0s;"></div><div id="gmail-:5bu" class="gmail-T-I gmail-J-J5-Ji gmail-T-I-Js-Gs gmail-aap gmail-T-I-awG gmail-T-I-ax7 gmail-L3" role="button" tabindex="0" aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="true" aria-label="More message options" style="display:inline-flex;border-radius:0px 2px 2px 0px;font-size:0.875rem;text-align:center;margin:0px 0px 0px 20px;height:20px;line-height:18px;min-width:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;background:transparent;color:rgb(68,68,68);border:none"><img class="gmail-hA gmail-T-I-J3" role="menu" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif" alt="" sty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ans to vote on a strike. Following a vote for a strike, those of us who are senate faculty will not perform any struck labor in Spring 2024. Independently, we are coordinating within our large faculty and staff group the possibility to withhold our own labor until these three demands are met.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr">Please circulate the link above to all colleagues and friends, as widely as possible.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr">In addition, we are having a zoom meeting (using a non-UC zoom account) at 9pm pacific tonight at this link</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr"><a href="https://zoom.us/j/97323058863?pwd=ZWsvYVY0Q0dYQ1NoK0ovejZSeWorQT09" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);word-break:break-word;direction:ltr">https://zoom.us/j/97323058863?pwd=ZWsvYVY0Q0dYQ1NoK0ovejZSeWorQT09</a></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr">to discuss our demands and strategy going forward. Please join us and invite friends and colleagues. Please forgive if you are receiving this message more than once.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr">Best,</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr">Michael </p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr"><br></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></center></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Ellen Reese<div>Professor and Acting Vice Chair, Department of Society, Environment, and Health Equity (<a href="https://sehe.ucr.edu/" target="_blank">https://sehe.ucr.edu/</a>)</div><div>Chair of Labor Studies (<a href="http://laborstudies.ucr.edu/" target="_blank">laborstudies.ucr.edu</a>)<br></div><div>Faculty Co-Director of the Inland Empire Labor & Community Center (<a href="http://ielcc.ucr.edu" target="_blank">ielcc.ucr.edu</a>)</div><div>UC-Riverside</div></div><div><br></div><div><b>Most recent books </b></div><div><div><i>Unsustainable: Amazon, Warehousing, and the Politics of Exploitation</i> (with Juliann Emmons Allison, UC Press, 2023)</div><div><div><a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520388383/unsustainable" target="_blank">https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520388383/unsustainable</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><i>The Cost of Free Shipping: Amazon in the Global Economy</i>, co-edited with Jake Alimahomed-Wilson (Pluto Press, 2020; Winner of UALE's <span style="color:black;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt">Best Book Related to Labor Education Award, 2020-2021)</span></div><div><div><a href="https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745341484/the-cost-of-free-shipping/" target="_blank">https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745341484/the-cost-of-free-shipping/</a><b><br></b></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div></div></div></div></div></div>