<div dir="ltr">Greetings, Sherryl and SFTS friends!<div>Passing on a communiqué from UAW indicating that the strike is not yet over and asking for continued solidarity.</div><div>Wishing you well,<br>Dana</div><div><br></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font style="border-color:rgb(0,0,0)">Below is a brief statement by rank and file members of UAW 2865, which they have requested we distribute:</font></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font style="border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:14.6667px;text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration-line:underline;border-color:rgb(0,0,0)">UAW 2865 RANK AND FILE STATEMENT ON STRIKING DURING RATIFICATION PROCESS</span><br></font></p><div dir="auto" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><font style="border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:14.6667px;text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration-line:underline;border-color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></font></div><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">On December 16th, the UC, and UAW2865 and SRU-UAW bargaining teams reached a tentative agreement on new contracts for academic student employees (ASEs) and graduate student researchers (GSRs). The new tentative agreement will be open for membership vote from Monday, December 19 (the day that grades are due), to Friday, December 23. Please note that u</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ntil the tentative agreement is ratified, UAW workers remain on strike and all strike actions, including acts of solidarity such as grade withholding, must continue. </span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The decision by the bargaining teams to tentatively agree to a new contract should not be mistaken for a resolution between the UC and UAW. The decision was split among bargaining team representatives—11-8 (2865) and 13-7 (SRU)—and there remains significant debate within union ranks, some of which are advocating that rank-and-file membership vote no on the ratification of the proposed contract. In the event that the tentatively agreed contract is not ratified by union membership, the strike will likely continue. It is, therefore, essential that faculty in solidarity, who are either refusing to pick up struck work or who are honoring the picket line by withholding grades, ensure that grades are not prematurely submitted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We ask all those who have been acting in solidarity with us to please hold the line until the strike is over—at earliest, Friday, December 23rd, if not longer.</span></p><br style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Key links:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-f5ky_oIJQegXvcKS4KqNFpDhwkR2XWI31jM-xxxZWI/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(26,115,232)"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New R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