Workers represented by American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3299 and University Professional and Technical Employees, CWA 9119 (UPTE) are going on strike today (May 1) over the UC’s hiring freeze and denial of benefits to employees at recently acquired hospitals. The unions allege that the UC did not provide them…
Student and community organizations are rallying outside Murphy Hall following the detention of a UCLA student at the US-Mexico border by Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Nearly 60,000 workers across UC campuses and health centers went on a one-day Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike Tuesday, April 1, alleging unlawful behavior and bad-faith bargaining by the UC. University Professional & Technical Employees – Communications Workers of America Local 9119 (UPTE-CWA 9119) announced the strike in response to “divide-and-conquer” bargaining tactics and failure…
This article covers the third and final day of the UC Regents’ meeting at the Luskin Conference Center (March 20, 2025). For our full coverage of the meeting, read here. Attorneys and pro-Palestinian activists announced on Thursday that they had filed a civil rights lawsuit against the UC, UCLA, UCPD, LAPD, California Highway Patrol, and…
UC Regents Meeting Coverage: Day Two. Pressure on the UC Board of Regents intensified Wednesday as AFSCME 3299 members disrupted the Board public comment session and the UC Divest Coalition launched an occupation of UCLA’s Engineering IV building amid the announcement of a systemwide hiring freeze.
UC Regents Meeting Coverage: Day One. The UC Regents were met with student-led protests against university investments in the weapons industry on Tuesday, while the issues of labor rights, accessibility, and immigration also came into focus throughout public comment.
As the UC Regents meet at UCLA, the UC Divest Coalition is rallying with the Palestinian Youth Movement to protest the end of the Gaza ceasefire, join the global “Mask off Maersk” Day of Action, and demand that the UC divest from assets tied to the Israeli military.
UCLA students are walking out of class today at noon in solidarity with Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian who was arrested by ICE last Saturday for his organizing as a student at Columbia University.
AFSCME 3299 and UPTE-CWA 9119, two unions that represent over 50,000 workers at the UC, are going on an Unfair Labor Practice strike this week over recently implemented restrictions on workers’ speech. Workers are picketing across all ten UC campuses and five medical centers.
The Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) rallied outside of the Wilshire Federal Building at noon on Saturday, Feb. 15 to demand that the governments of Jordan and Egypt reject Trump’s plans for the displacement of 2.3 million Palestinians from Gaza. The protestors marched through Westwood Village before blocking the intersection of Veteran Ave. and Wilshire Blvd. from 1:30 p.m. until dispersal at 2 p.m..
AFSCME 3299 and UPTE-CWA 9119, two unions that represent over 50,000 workers at the UC, are going on an Unfair Labor Practice strike this week over recently implemented restrictions on workers’ speech. Workers are picketing across all ten UC campuses and five medical centers.
Ahead of AFSCME 3299 and UPTE-CWA 9119’s strikes over university restrictions on workers’ speech, UCLA Radio sat down with the Student Labor Advocacy Project (SLAP) to discuss the significance of these strikes and how students can support workers at the picket line.
The UCLA Divest Coalition and allied organizations are rallying today in Royce Quad to mark 500 days since the beginning of Israel’s war in Gaza and to express solidarity with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) 6 days after UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk moved to suspend SJP and Graduate SJP. In its announcement of the…
The University of California’s largest union representing over 37,000 service and patient care workers is on strike for two days (November 20-21) over Unfair Labor Practices by the UC, with workers engaging in pickets across all ten UC campuses and five medical centers.
The University of California’s largest union representing over 37,000 service and patient care workers is on strike for the next two days (November 20-21) over Unfair Labor Practices by the UC, with workers engaging in pickets across all ten UC campuses and five medical centers.
SJP at UCLA is mobilizing to demand UC-wide divestment and express solidarity with AFSCME 3299’s upcoming strike, in addition to its campaign for divestment from Blackstone. Student protesters are calling on UCLA to disclose its assets, divest from firms tied to Israel’s war in Gaza, abolish campus policing, and engage in academic boycott of Israel.
Organizers from Graduate Students for Justice in Palestine (Graduate SJP), joined by Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), set up a Gaza Solidarity Sukkah at Dickson Court North on the morning of October 21, 2024. Sukkahs are temporary booths constructed for the seven-day celebration of Sukkot, also known as the Feast of Booths, a Jewish tradition…
The UCLA Radio News Department’s real-time coverage of the events summarized in this article can be found on X (formerly Twitter). Around 150 pro-Palestinian student protesters marched across UCLA’s North Campus on Monday, October 7 to remember those who have been killed by Israel’s war in Gaza. The crowd steadily grew after gathering in Dickson…
This article is published on behalf of UCLA Radio’s News Department. Any perspectives shared below do not reflect the views of ASUCLA Student Media. On Thursday 19 September 2024, the UC Board of Regents held their second day of meetings at the Luskin Conference Center. While multiple items were discussed in their agenda, including salary…
Images provided by interviewees with permission for use by UCLA Radio. From Amsterdam to Tokyo to our home in Los Angeles, a global movement this Spring saw students occupy university grounds to express their solidarity with the people of Palestine. In the U.S., this movement followed in the footsteps of Columbia University, but encampments and…
UCLA’s Administration has put forth every effort to divide and suppress the voices of its students and workers. In order to rebuild our community, we must ground ourselves in the tens of thousands of martyrs of Palestine, and recenter the liberation movement around honoring their memories. This is how we can reclaim our campus and continue the fight for a free Palestine in our lifetimes.
By Natalie Chen On May 10, 2024, Billie Jean King addressed the graduating class of The Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California. On this day, valedictorian Asna Tabassum would have delivered a speech to her peers at the commencement ceremony which would have occurred, if not for the cited…