<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>My apologies--The dates listed for these strikes are next week in February (not March). Below is the info with the corrected February dates (sorry for my typo & any confusion it caused!): </div><div><br></div><div>Two unions representing UC workers, AFSCME 3299 & UPTE, have planned strikes next week & request campus & community support at their picket lines. Sometimes these picket lines are roving as workers & their supporters march across campus but they are often located at the main campus entrances, especially the entrance off of University & West Campus Drive.</div><div><br></div><div>On AFSCME 3299's 2-day strike on 2/26 and 2/27 (6am-4pm), see: </div><div><a href="https://afscme3299.org/blog/strikefeb-2025/" target="_blank">https://afscme3299.org/blog/strikefeb-2025/</a></div><div><br></div><div>For background on AFSCME 3299's strike, see: </div><div><a href="https://afscme3299.org/media/release-university-of-california-service-and-patient-care-workers-to-strike-over-unfair-labor-practices-feb-26th-and-27th/" target="_blank">https://afscme3299.org/media/release-university-of-california-service-and-patient-care-workers-to-strike-over-unfair-labor-practices-feb-26th-and-27th/</a></div><div><br></div><div>For background on UPTE 9119's 3-day strike on 2/26-2/28, see: </div><div><a href="https://laist.com/news/education/thousands-of-uc-employees-vote-to-strike-amid-federal-funding-threats" target="_blank">https://laist.com/news/education/thousands-of-uc-employees-vote-to-strike-amid-federal-funding-threats</a></div><div><br></div><div>Please consider supporting these workers and help to spread the word!</div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">All the best,</span><div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">Ellen</span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM Ellen Reese <<a href="mailto:ellenr@ucr.edu">ellenr@ucr.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>Two unions representing UC workers, AFSCME 3299 & UPTE, have planned strikes next week & request campus & community support at their picket lines. Sometimes these picket lines are roving as workers & their supporters march across campus but they are often located at the main campus entrances, especially the entrance off of University & West Campus Drive.</div><div><br></div><div>On AFSCME 3299's 2-day strike on 3/26 and 3/27 (6am-4pm), see: </div><div><a href="https://afscme3299.org/blog/strikefeb-2025/" target="_blank">https://afscme3299.org/blog/strikefeb-2025/</a></div><div><br></div><div>For background on AFSCME 3299's strike, see: </div><div><a href="https://afscme3299.org/media/release-university-of-california-service-and-patient-care-workers-to-strike-over-unfair-labor-practices-feb-26th-and-27th/" target="_blank">https://afscme3299.org/media/release-university-of-california-service-and-patient-care-workers-to-strike-over-unfair-labor-practices-feb-26th-and-27th/</a></div><div><br></div><div>For background on UPTE 9119's 3-day strike on 3/26-3/28, see: </div><div><a href="https://laist.com/news/education/thousands-of-uc-employees-vote-to-strike-amid-federal-funding-threats" target="_blank">https://laist.com/news/education/thousands-of-uc-employees-vote-to-strike-amid-federal-funding-threats</a></div><div><br></div><div>Please consider supporting these workers and help to spread the word!</div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">All the best,</span><br><div dir="ltr" class="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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</blockquote></div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="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>