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March 31, 1:55 am
UC comes to terms with AFSCME after nearly two years of negotiations
The University of California and its largest union finally reached the end of nearly two years of unusually long and difficult collective bargaining negotiations. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees 3299 union reached an agreement with the UC Sunday on a contract for its about 13,000 patient care workers, averting a five-day strike that would have occurred at the UC’s hospitals. Read more...
Campus, News
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March 31, 1:49 am
Volunteers experience alternative lifestyles over break in South LA
Inside the cozy, beige-colored walls of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in downtown Los Angeles, UCLA students and families from different countries shared their own upbringings and experiences immigrating to the United States. Read more...
Photo: (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin)
Crime, News
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March 31, 1:48 am
Students feel UCPD used excessive force in response to Undie Run
University police broke up rowdy parties in the North Village after the quarterly Undie Run using pepper balls and other crowd control methods that some students thought were unnecessarily forceful. Read more...
Photo: Police patrolled the area around Landfair Avenue after students participated in the Undie Run early Thursday morning. (Courtesy of Andrew Tudor)
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March 30, 7:38 pm
Taiwanese students, residents protest China trade deal at federal building
Hundreds of Taiwanese students and California residents rallied by the Wilshire Federal Building Sunday to protest a trade deal between the Taiwanese government and Beijing, which they believe will compromise Taiwan’s economic independence from China. Read more...
Photo: Protesters gathered in front of the Federal Building in Westwood to protest a trade deal in Taiwan. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News
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March 30, 5:07 pm
Students show support for protesters occupying Taiwan’s legislature
Fears about the safety of her friends and former classmates demonstrating in Taiwan kept Ellen Hsieh from sleeping Thursday night. Hundreds of people began occupying Taiwan’s legislature in Taipei Tuesday evening to protest a trade agreement with China that some argue would give Beijing too much control over Taiwanese economy and politics. Read more...
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March 28, 7:06 pm
Contract ratification ends struggle between UC, AFSCME
Patient care employees of the University of California's largest union voted this week to officially ratify their new contract with the UC, ending an unusually long and difficult series of collective bargaining negotiations. Read more...