Tuesday, April 21

Mother Organizations coalition members call for firing of CPO leadership

Students and community members called for the firing of the Community Programs Office’s director and associate director in a virtual town hall Thursday evening. The Mother Organizations coalition, a coalition made up of UCLA student organizations including the Afrikan Student Union, the American Indian Student Association, the Asian Pacific Coalition and MEChA de UCLA, organized a Zoom town hall meeting to discuss claims that the CPO fosters a hostile workplace and refuses to be transparent with student funds. Read more...

Photo: The Community Programs Office is currently housed in the Student Activities Center. CPO faces allegations of creating hostile work environments from student groups that are part of the Mother Organizations Coalition. (Finn Chitwood/Daily Bruin)



Center for Mexican Studies seeks to merge academic scholarship, community action

When Gaspar Rivera-Salgado became the director of the Center for Mexican Studies, he soon received invitations to collaborate with colleagues in Mexico and the Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles. Read more...

Photo: Labor studies lecturer and Labor Center project director Gaspar Rivera-Salgado was appointed as director of the Center for Mexican Studies in July 2021. He is now working to connect academic researchers and universities across the U.S.-Mexico border and use the position to make a difference in political issues. (Sakshi Joglekar/Assistant Photo editor)


UC researchers explore poor conditions faced by workers in fast-food industry

A recent report from UCLA researchers and UC Berkeley researchers analyzed the lack of protections for fast-food workers during the COVID-19 pandemic among other issues. The researchers began the study after Los Angeles County and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors requested a study on working conditions in fast-food establishments within the county, said Kevin Riley, a researcher for the study. Read more...

Photo: Employees work in the kitchen at an In-N-Out in Westwood. Workers in the fast-food industry had higher risks of contracting COVID-19 compared to the rest of Los Angeles County, UCLA and UC Berkeley researchers found. (Kaiya Pomeroy-Tso/Daily Bruin senior staff)