Tag: 2022
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Daily Picket Debrief
Read more: Daily Picket DebriefThis photo was donated by Sammy Feldblum, a participant in the UC UAW Labor Summer Program who contributed to the UAW Fair UC Now 2022 Collection. As Feldblum described, the significance of the image was that it captured the challenges of trust-building and communication during the strike. As he wrote: “I chose this photo not because I am the one with the megaphone, but instead because it gestures toward one of the great difficulties of…
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March to the State Capitol
Read more: March to the State CapitolThe University of California is one of the largest public universities in the United States and the third largest employer in the state of California. As a result, when UC workers go on strike, the state government can become a crucial point of leverage. Many state legislators, particularly those who serve districts where the UC’s campuses are located, believe strongly in the university’s public mission. During the UAW Fair UC Now Campaign, academic workers sought…
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Waiting for COLA Strike Meme
Read more: Waiting for COLA Strike MemeCommunication is crucial during any strike campaign, as announcements, information, and instructions must be shared as quickly as possible. But how do you communicate with 48,000 workers during a strike across multiple campuses who access information in a variety of ways? During the UAW Fair UC Now 2022 Campaign, workers used all kinds of information channels to get the word out to their co-workers, including private servers like Signal, WhatsApp, and Discord, as well as…
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Strike Kitchen Menu
Read more: Strike Kitchen MenuHow do you keep a picket line running all day? During the UAW strike at the University of California in 2022, academic workers developed their own creative forms of mutual aid to keep their colleagues fed every day. Committees formed across all UC campuses to distribute food, using donations from supportive allies and local restaurants or crowdsourced funds towards the purchase and cooking of meals. This menu comes from the “Kitchen Committee” at UCLA, which…
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Kayak Picket Line
Read more: Kayak Picket LineThe UAW Fair UC Now 2022 Campaign began Nov. 14, when striking graduate workers formed picket lines on campuses across the state that continued for at least four weeks. But after classes concluded for the year in December, striking workers had to rethink their strategies. How can you escalate a work stoppage when that worksite is effectively closed? Working together, UAW members identified new targets and new picketing locations across the state, including the workplaces…