Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #UCstrike
Most recents (5)
Another core demand of our strike is the removal of non-resident supplemental tuition (NRST) for grad workers in the UC. The current TA only codifies existing practice, i.e. it makes no material improvement. What makes this demand so hard to win? What are the stakes here? 🧵
This was a major demand for a large portion of the grad workers. The TA delivers very little on that demand. If intl workers vote in high numbers, they have the potential to be decisive. Will they vote at all? If so, will they base their vote on the NRST provision?
This fall term, a full 33% of doctoral students at UC were “non-resident international,” numbering nearly 10,000 total. This is to say nothing of international master’s students, professional students, or undergrads covered by the contract.
universityofcalifornia.edu/about-us/infor…
universityofcalifornia.edu/about-us/infor…
This piece is an important exploration of the links between social density and mobilization.
jacobin.com/2022/12/from-b…
A graduate student (Eylem Taylan) brought this piece up as we discussed a problem on campus in relation to the mobilization #UCstrike #FairUCnow:
1/
jacobin.com/2022/12/from-b…
A graduate student (Eylem Taylan) brought this piece up as we discussed a problem on campus in relation to the mobilization #UCstrike #FairUCnow:
1/
Dwindling friendship ties among undergraduate students render a pro-strike organization among undergrads very difficult. Even the most active of students knows relatively few people.
2/
2/
I had been thinking about the need for an updated criticism of Putnam for a while, especially in light of @gscheiring's and Larry King's research and theorization:
annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/an…
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
3/
annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/an…
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
3/
4 weeks into the biggest strike in US higher education history, the UAW is clearly winning the PR battle. A 🧵 on campaign communications, the changing media landscape, and the next phases of #UAWonStrike /1
latimes.com/california/sto…
latimes.com/california/sto…
Reports abt #UAWonStrike at UC's 10 campuses have been notably sympathetic. UC tried first to portray union demands as greedy, then to reassure public they had been negotiating in good faith all along--the union is being unreasonable and mean, we need a mediator! Didn't work /2
In previous years, media more often repeated UCs talking points--esp. listing graduate employee salaries on 100% FTE basis when most are limited to 50-66% FTE. That talking point didn't fly this time. Is unionization at news orgs like @latguild helping to educate reporters? /3
A reminder for those trainees all hopped up on the #UCStrike right now. This exists. Would be a great place to publish your thoughts on how the business of science should be run. sciencepolicyjournal.org/about.html
It explicitly is for earlier career folks.
I, for one, am looking forward to pieces which examine graduate student productivity before Covid, during Covid, pre-strike and after the #UCstrike enhanced benefits have been put in place. This is low hanging fruit for a pub, trainees.
UC pays me $2382 per month and charges me $1221 per month in rent. What the hell is "fair" about deliberate and calculated rent burden imposed by a multibillion $ institution? (1/9)
Let's be clear - we don't work 50% time for UC. We work 100% time, often more. All our research, publications, conference presentations, grants, and fellowships directly benefit the university, yet are currently completely uncompensated. (2/9)
I have no guaranteed summer funding so 1/4 of the year I'm left to fend for myself, even as I am expected to continue churning out research and publications with absolutely no financial support. (3/9)
