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LA City Council passes ordinance providing schedule stability for retail workers

The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to expand worker protections by mandating retailers give two weeks of notice for assigned hours and 10-hour breaks in between shifts. Read more...

Photo: The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved “Fair Work Week LA,” an ordinance seeking to expand worker protections with standards such as 10-hour breaks between shifts. (Daily Bruin file photo)




UCLA faculty, undergraduates rally on campus in support of UAW strike

This post was updated Nov. 25 10:25 p.m. Dozens of UCLA faculty, members of various entertainment unions and undergraduate students joined picket lines Monday and Tuesday in support of an ongoing University of California-wide academic worker strike. Read more...

Photo: UCLA students and community members gather at a United Auto Workers union rally. The academic workers of UAW have been on strike since Nov. 14, claiming that the University of California is not meeting demands. (Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor)


UC Regents recap – Nov. 16-17

The Board of Regents, the governing body of the University of California, gathered Nov. 16 and 17 for its bimonthly meeting in person and via teleconference at UC San Francisco. Read more...

Photo: The University of California Board of Regents sits for a meeting. The Board met in November at UC San Francisco to discuss topics such as the midterm elections and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA-hosted conference spotlights Indigenous ecology, ephemeral architecture

UCLA community members are joining scholars across the country to help highlight Indigenous architectural knowledge throughout the American continent in an annual program. The Forgotten Canopy – a series of conferences under The Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies’ Core Program – held its first summit from Nov. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden is pictured. The first workshop for The Forgotten Canopy was held here, and participants observed the garden’s local flora once used in ephemeral architecture. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA community calls on UC to allow hiring of students without legal status

Students without legal status at UCLA are calling upon the University of California to hire and remove educational barriers for these individuals. Research led by the UCLA Center for Immigration Law and Policy and backed by 28 immigration law scholars found that the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act – which bars the hiring of individuals without legal status – does not apply to state institutions such as the UC. Read more...