Tuesday, June 23

UAW members rally in Court of Sciences to support strike authorization vote

This post was updated May 9 at 11:28 p.m.  This post was updated May 9 at 10:43 p.m. Around 100 members of the United Auto Workers Local 4811 Union gathered in the Court of Sciences on Thursday to discuss an upcoming strike authorization vote in response to UCLA’s recent decisions regarding the now-dispersed Palestine solidarity encampment.  The union – which represents UC academic student employees, graduate students and postdoctoral scholars – announced Monday that it will vote May 13 to 15 to authorize a strike. Read more...

Photo: Postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers represented by United Auto Workers Local 4811 march through the Court of Sciences with a banner representing their former union, UAW Local 5810. UAW Local 4811 will vote to authorize a strike in response to UCLA’s decisions surrounding the Palestine solidarity encampment. (Zoraiz Irshad/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Faculty members call for divestment from Israel, amnesty for arrested students

This post was updated May 9 at 11:34 p.m.  Around 60 faculty members held a press conference Thursday to call for amnesty for students arrested while demonstrating in support of Palestine and for UC divestment from companies with ties to the Israeli military. Read more...

Photo: Faculty and staff stand under a banner that reads, “UCLA faculty and staff, we stand with our students.” The banner was used at a press conference by faculty and staff supporting students in the Palestine solidarity encampment. (Zoraiz Irshad/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Faculty members express mixed reactions to police sweep of encampment

This post was updated May 7 at 11:22 p.m. Faculty members expressed mixed feelings in reaction to Thursday morning’s police sweep of the Palestine solidarity encampment at UCLA. Read more...

Photo: The Palestine solidarity encampment – which stood in Dickson Plaza from April 25 until it was dispersed by police early Thursday morning – is pictured. Faculty members expressed mixed reactions to the police sweep. (Dylan Du/Daily Bruin senior staff)



43 individuals arrested in Parking Structure 2 before pro-Palestine sit-in, rally

This post was updated May 7 at 11:06 p.m. This is a developing story. Follow along for updates. For the Daily Bruin’s full coverage on the UC Divest Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA encampment, see here. Read more...

Photo: Moore Hall, where Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA called for a sit-in early Monday morning, is pictured. (Daily Bruin file photo)



Legal aid, defense extended to detained UCLA protesters after encampment clearing

This post was updated May 8 at 8:42 p.m. For the Daily Bruin’s full coverage on the UC Divest Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA encampment, see here. Read more...

Photo: Pictured is the Metro Detention Center in Los Angeles. Students and faculty were held at the center after being arrested at the Palestine solidarity encampment Thursday morning. (Creative Commons photo by Levi Clancy via Wikimedia Commons)



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