<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Dear colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>AFSCME 3299 (representing service workers on campus begins its 2-day systemwide ULP strike today (Nov 20-21) at UCR and across the UCs.  </div><div><br></div><div>For more info see: <a href="https://afscme3299.org/blog/strike-nov2024/" target="_blank">https://afscme3299.org/blog/strike-nov2024/</a></div><div><br></div><div>For a press release with additional background info: </div><div><a href="https://afscme3299.org/blog/elease-university-of-california-service-and-patient-care-workers-will-strike-over-unfair-labor-practices-on-11-20-and-11-21/" target="_blank">https://afscme3299.org/blog/elease-university-of-california-service-and-patient-care-workers-will-strike-over-unfair-labor-practices-on-11-20-and-11-21/</a></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix"></span><div><br></div><div>The union asks supporters to join them on the picket line today, Nov 20, and tomorrow, Nov 21 if & when you can anytime between 6am and 6pm (usually the main picket line is located at the campus entrance at University & West Campus Drive but location can change). Even a brief visit to the picket line to say hello or join in is always appreciated.</div><div><br></div><div>For updates, see the union's instagram at: <a class="gmail_plusreply" id="m_-3907786757345157355plusReplyChip-0">@afscme_3299</a> or twitter:<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"> </span><a style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"></a><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">@afscmelocal3299</span></div><div><br></div>In solidarity,</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 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>