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Graduate Students Rally at UCSC to Defend Health Care

Published on May 17, 2007 in Education, Labor

On May 17th, graduate students, who are also teaching assistants at UC Santa Cruz, held a rally and sick-in, along with other employees, to let the University of California know that we are sick of attacks on our health care. Hours after the demonstration at Kerr Hall, Lisa Sloan, Dean of Graduate Studies, announced that next year’s Graduate Student Health Insurance Plan (GSHIP) will maintain the current level of coverage. This victory was achieved in combination with an email campaign to UCSC’s Executive Vice Chancellor (EVC) David Kliger and other efforts backed by UAW Members for Quality Education and Democracy (UAW-QUAD) at UCSC. Read More and View Photos

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Action at Burger King in Santa Cruz to Support the CIW

Published on May 11, 2007 in Globalization, Labor, Solidarity & Outreach

The Student/Farmworker Alliance announced that May 11th and 12th would be Days of Action vs. Burger King calling on the world’s #2 burger chain to take responsibility for the conditions of farmworkers in the fields. On May 11th, four students from the University of California at Santa Cruz and one loyal Burger King customer went to the Burger King on Mission Street / Highway 1 in Santa Cruz to drop off a letter to manager calling attention to the human rights crisis in Florida’s tomato fields. Burger King is a major purchaser of Florida tomatoes. Read More and View Photos

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Wanted! Ronald McDonald: Santa Cruz Solidarity with the CIW

Published on October 29, 2006 in Labor, Solidarity & Outreach

‘the year that was’ in the struggle for fair food…

On October 29, 2006, allies of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers demonstrated in front of the McDonald’s on Mission Street / Highway 1 in Santa Cruz, California during coordinated days of actions and solidarity with the CIW. Activists played music, held signs calling on McDonald’s to support justice for farmworkers and also delivered a signed letter to the Manager at McDonald’s. You can learn about the Student Farmworker Alliance, CIW and the campaign for fair-food by reading the SFA’s 2006: Year in Review Read more and view photos

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Students and Workers (Re)United for Justice!

Published on October 18, 2006 in Education, Labor, Solidarity & Outreach

On October 18th, AFSCME workers and students at UC Santa Cruz held a rally in the Baytree Plaza and then marched to the base of campus calling on UC President Dynes to release funds promised by the California Legislature to low-paid UC workers. AFSCME workers and students are also demanding wages comparable to those of neighboring colleges and universities where people are paid up to 30% more for doing the same amount or less work.

At the base of campus, people immediately marched into the center of the Bay and High intersection. Then everyone crossed the streets at the same time, though allowing cars to pass through without much delay. Since the police and Santa Cruz Metro began re-directing traffic away from the base of campus, people decided to use the opportunity to rally in the middle of the main entrance to campus. This was the first action this school year in ongoing struggle where students and workers are united in demanding social justice at UC Santa Cruz. Read more and view photos

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Encuentro Against All Borders – Building a Radical No Border Movement

Published on August 28, 2005 in Environment, Labor, No Borders

The No Border Encuentro took place on August 27-28th at the Sherman Heights Community Center in San Diego/Aztlan. Two days of events including a maquiladora tour, a benefit concert and a day of forums, panels and encounters took place with over 100 people from San Diego, Los Angeles, Fresno, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Orange County, Eugene, Portland, Tijuana, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia participating. On the walls hung photos of recent actions to stop the Minutemen, a poster of the PGA Hallmarks, and maps of Calexico, where the No Border Camp will be in September. [ Complete Summary, another account ]

Photos: Maquiladora Tour | Beats Against Borders | Encuentro

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