Friday, June 26

IT employees across UC vote to join UPTE-CWA 9119 union

This post was updated May 27 at 12:30 p.m. More than 2,000 information technology and technical employees across the UC unionized Thursday. The employees voted to unionize with University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 – which now represents about 8,400 workers in its technology bargaining unit – forming the largest union of its kind in the United States, a union spokesperson said in an emailed statement. Read more...

Photo: Members of University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 march. More than 2,000 information technology and technical workers voted to unionize with UPTE-CWA 9119 on Thursday. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)



UCLA faculty, students voice concern over discontinued media literacy class

UCLA’s Teacher Education Program plans to discontinue one of its signature course offerings, faculty said. The program’s critical media literacy classes help students analyze media, evaluate the quality of information sources and examine representation online, according to the TEP website. Read more...

Photo: An empty lecture hall is pictured. The UCLA Teacher Education Program will no longer offer its standalone critical media literacy course after spring 2026, faculty said. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


USAC recap – April 21

The Undergraduate Students Association Council allocated more than $150,000 in excess funding to student organizations at its April 21 meeting. USAC is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Read more...


Interim dean of Luskin School of Public Affairs soon to be permanently instated

This post was updated May 25 at 11:00 p.m. A distinguished professor in urban planning will become the permanent dean of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs on June 1. Read more...

Photo: Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris sits in an office at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. Loukaitou-Sideris will become the school’s permanent dean June 1 after serving as interim dean since 2023. (Courtesy of Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris)


5 candidates are running in primary to represent California Assembly District 51

This post was updated May 31 at 10:44 p.m. Two Democrats – including an incumbent – and a Republican retired businessman are among the candidates vying to represent UCLA and its surrounding areas in the state assembly. Read more...

Photo: The California state capitol building is pictured. Two Democrats – including the incumbent – and a Republican are among the candidates for the state assembly seat that represents UCLA and its surrounding areas. (Edward Ho/Daily Bruin)


UCLA historians preserve documents, photos in ‘Power from the Past’ online archive

UCLA historians launched a revamped digital labor history archive in April, preserving materials from movements led by Southern California unions. The Memory Work Research Initiative at UCLA – which the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment oversees – digitized documents, images and flyers on an online archive called Power from the Past. Read more...

Photo: (Rachel Kristen Lee Yokota/Daily Bruin staff)



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