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ALT Photo of two workers in pink shirts that say "Fair UC now" are led out of a brick building by cops.
ALT Photo of a workers in a pink shirts that says "Fair UC now" are led out of a brick building by cops.
ALT Photo of three workers in pink shirts that say "Fair UC now" are led out of a brick building by cops.
ALT A large crowd of striking academic workers outside an outdated Federal-Revival style mansion in which resides UC Regent Jay Sures in Brentwood, Los Angeles. The crisp dawn light illuminates the background foliage.
ALT Dear fellow members of the Academic Senate, We the undersigned faculty with this letter unequivocally express our support for graduate students regarding concerns that have been raised in the current strike such as the ongoing financial crisis due to increasing costs of living. Beyond being a necessary adjustment to better match costs of living, we are confident that in the long term increased financial support for graduate students will broadly benefit the academic community in terms of research, teaching, and equity. Graduate students are central to the university's research and teaching missions and a vital part of our academic community. We agree with the students that a system-wide solution for this crisis is desperately needed.
ALT At the same time, we also want to ensure that the University's solutions do not cause unnecessary hardship for graduate students in the intermediate term. For example, solutions that result in a reduction in the number of employment opportunities available via TAships or GSRs would have serious negative consequences for the existing cohort of students. Thus, we appeal to the Senate to ensure effective solutions to this long term crisis also minimize impacts to existing graduate students in the near term. As faculty we are optimistic that as a community we can find solutions that equitably support graduate students in both the short and long term. Sincerely, The undersigned faculty of the University of California
ALT A graphic that says 'UC's graduate worker wage proposal fails to match compensation at peer institutions.' A chart below compares UC's proposed 2022-23 base wage of $2,764 a month to the base wages at Stanford, Princeton, MIT, Cornell, Harvard, Yale, University of Michigan, University of Chicago, and University of Southern California. All of them are higher, and they range from $2,833 a month to $4,018.
ALT I'm cosplaying as Macrophage from Cells at Work! I am wearing a long white dress with ruffles on my shoulders and at the base of the skirt. The dress also has a ruffled top and a beige apron that extends to the bottom of the skirt. I'm holding a comically-sized cleaver that says "Cells on STRIKE!", stylized to the Cells at Work font.
