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UCLA discontinues several COVID-19 test distribution, drop-off locations

This post was updated Jan. 12 at 11:33 p.m. UCLA will discontinue four COVID-19 surveillance testing collection boxes and three vending machines Friday because of low use, the university announced in an email Wednesday. Read more...

Photo: The Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center is pictured. The Infectious Diseases Management Team announced that certain COVID-19 testing collection boxes and vending machines will be discontinued, effective Jan. 13. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UAW ratifies contracts for graduate student workers, ends historic UC-wide strike

This post was updated Jan. 11 at 12:34 a.m. Academic student employees and graduate student researchers represented by United Auto Workers unions ratified a new contract with the University of California on Friday, ending their nearly six-week strike. Read more...

Photo: United Auto Workers union members protest in Bruin Plaza. University of California academic workers will end their nearly six-week long strike, as the final major bargaining units ratified contracts Friday. (Jeremy Chen/Assistant Photo editor)


UC reaches tentative deal with UAW 2865, SRU-UAW negotiators

Academic student employees and graduate student researchers represented by the United Auto Workers union reached a tentative contract deal with the University of California on Friday. Read more...

Photo: United Auto Workers strikers protest around the Inverted Fountain. Academic student employees and graduate student researchers will vote on a tentative contract with the University of California next week. (Alice Yang/Daily Bruin)


Strikers signal concern as UAW negotiators ax cost of living adjustment

A recent move by the United Auto Workers’ leadership to drop demands for a cost of living adjustment from strike negotiations has sparked controversy among union members. Read more...

Photo: Signs from UAW strikers, pictured. Some strikers have expressed concern over union officials dropping demands for cost-of-living adjustments in proposed contracts. (Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor)


UCLA course advocates for recognition of radiation harm to communities of color

This post was updated Jan. 11 at 12:38 p.m. Bernice Gutierrez was 8 days old when the United States detonated the first nuclear bomb 35 miles from her home in Carrizozo, New Mexico. Read more...

Photo: A sign for the Trinity Test Site, the first nuclear test, is pictured. A discussion section for Chicana/o and Central American Studies worked with an organization in the area to raise awareness for generational health impacts still affecting the community nearby. (Courtesy of Christian Duran)