Including University of California. #FairUCNow #UCAccessNow

https://wandering.shop/@swan_tower/110714170638802642

Throwback to the UC-UAW Strike when the founder of UC Access Now was interviewed about ableism at UC and within the union (ableism is systemic - it's not absent from unions). #UCAccessNow #labor #FairUCNow
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/uc-bargaining-and-building-a-better-106158459

"Effectively, University of California (UC) is funneling cash into privatized student housing and corporate landlords"

https://www.levernews.com/the-university-of-california-bails-out-eviction-happy-private-equity/

#FairUCnow

Quite frankly, ableists within UC-UAW sold out disabled workers. They didn't just drop the revolutionary Access Needs article, but they adopted the language UC told them to adopt, which puts rationing & policing into worker contracts that ISN'T in ADA. They have and continue to engage in the most vicious ableist anti-democratic conduct. it is imperative to eject the appeasing ableists that gleefully did this.

If you're a UC-UAW 2865/SRU member, vote for the Organize to Win slate candidates. Ableists are depending on you continuing to be snowed by them. https://uaw2865.org/join/

#FairUCNow #labor #ableism #disability #UCAccessNow

https://truthout.org/articles/university-of-california-workers-center-disability-justice-in-union-organizing/

#Disability #labor #FairUCNow #ableism #accessibility #COVID

Happens every time, but most of y'all either love it (you're business/colonial unionists) or you hate those who call out oppression more than you hate oppression itself. 🤷🏿‍♀️

https://jewishcurrents.org/little-bargains #UCstrike #UAW2865 #UAW #fairUCnow #1u #HigherEdWorkersUnite #ReadSettlers

RT @BeccaCalisi
The UC strike resulted in grad students (deservedly) winning better living wages. As suspected, UC is punishing faculty & future students for it. Provost requested all grad programs decrease admissions by ~20% this year, anticipating decrease in # of TAships available
#FairUCNow

Notice how UC timed the release of this.

https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2023/01/uc-strike-dock-pay/

#FairUCNow #HigherEdWorkersUnite #HigherEd #strike #labor #neoliberalism #UniversityOfCalifornia

Please understand that while the strike is over, this battle is entering perhaps its most critical phase. Will we dutifully adjust our budgets downward at UC's direction, or will we refuse to accept yet another pointless austerity measure? #fairucnow

This is bad for everyone and UC knows this. It's bad for undergrads, who will have less assistance from TAs. It's terrible for grad students, for whom it nullifies any contract gains. It's bad for faculty, who will now have to fulfill the terms of grants with 25% less assistance. #fairucnow

UC strike supporters, we need your help! UCLA has indicated that it will pass the costs of wage increases directly to departments—meaning student workers' hours will be cut by ~25%. Please sign to demand UC fund the contract it negotiated. http://chwe.net/fullyfund/ #fairucnow

Oh, and it would have been fine if the #fairucnow strike had actually gotten a child care subsidy for workers, and not just students. Thanks #UC!

Fellow #UC faculty: don’t fill out those self-attestation forms that the admin is distributing. It’s illegal for them to survey our protected activities related to the strike. See guidance from CUCFA here: https://cucfa.org/2023/01/ucops-attestation-form-for-faculty/. #strike #fairUCnow

"Self-attestation" forms are coming soon to UC faculty. This means that UC admin is trying to get any faculty who canceled class in support of the #fairucnow strike to report themselves so that their salaries can be partially withheld. The image is from a letter to vice chancellors and provosts from the UC Office of the President, dated Jan. 13.

I know scheduling is tough, but I start a full-time job teaching on Monday and I have no idea of the schedule. At least in retail, we had 5 days' notice. #highered #fairucnow

Maybe we should have added that to our demands?

"The
#UofCalifornia
#strike is over, but it helped energize a national wave of union activism among academic workers organizing for better pay & wages. Some universities are handing out big stipend bumps to stay competitive." by Teresa Watanabe #organizing #fairucnow

https://twitter.com/TeresaWatanabe/status/1609972077918031872

Fresh off of the biggest academic workers strike in the US, UC decides to pull this textbook villainous stunt. Way to keep financializing higher education, UC! 👏

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University of California invests $4bn in Blackstone’s real estate fund | Financial Times

https://www.ft.com/content/9c4215b0-49b0-4cae-b7c1-fbe6a1654391

#FairUCNow #NeoliberalUniveristy

Well, the birdsite is acting up like whoa right now. So if you follow UC Access Now here and there, maybe communicate to others that Mastodon is increasingly the best place to follow us.

#FairUCNow #UCAccessNow #disability #accessibility #a11y #HigherEd

RT @AccessUc
"Cost shouldn't be a barrier to college."

So why does UC require medical documentation for accessibility? That increases costs for disabled students.

Why does UC charge more in rent than what it pays some grad students? #UCAccessNow #FairUCNow https://twitter.com/UCAdvocacy/status/1607787246672822273

RT @AccessUc@twitter.com

"Cost shouldn't be a barrier to college."

So why does UC require medical documentation for accessibility? That increases costs for disabled students.

Why does UC charge more in rent than what it pays some grad students? #UCAccessNow #FairUCNow https://twitter.com/UCAdvocacy/status/1607787246672822273

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/AccessUc/status/1608171577463681024