Live Updates (4/17/25): Demonstration Against Visa Revocations
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).
Workers at UCLA Join Systemwide Strike Over UC Bargaining Practices
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…
Pro-Palestinian Activists Sue UCLA, Police, Counterprotesters Over Encampment Violence
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 Announces Hiring Freeze While Students and Workers Confront the Regents
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 Meet at UCLA Amid Scrutiny and Protest
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.
Live Updates (3/18/25): UC Regents Meeting
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.
Live Updates (3/11/25): Palestine Solidarity Demonstrations
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.
Live Updates (2/27/25): UC Workers Strike
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.
Palestinian Youth Movement Marches Against Trump’s Plans to Displace Palestinians
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..
Live Updates (2/26/25): UC Workers Strike
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.