<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Dear colleagues,</div><div><br></div><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><div>Two unions representing UC workers, AFSCME 3299 & UPTE 9119, have planned strikes that begin today and would appreciate campus & community support, especially on their picket line over the next few days. These picket lines may be 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></span><div>On AFSCME 3299's 2-day strike on 2/26 and 2/27 (6am-4pm), see: </div><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><div><a href="https://afscme3299.org/blog/strikefeb-2025/" target="_blank">https://afscme3299.org/blog/strikefeb-2025/</a></div><div><br></div><div>For info on the reasons for AFSCME 3299's 2-day 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></span><div>For background on UPTE 9119's 3-day strike on 2/26-2/28, see: </div><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><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></span></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>