Friday, August 21

In the news:

Nurses demonstrate for safer working conditions ahead of UC contract negotiations

More than 30 nurses rallied outside Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Wednesday night to advocate for improved working conditions ahead of impending contract negotiations. The rally was one of several held across University of California hospitals that day, including UCLA Health’s Westwood location and the UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, said Emily Carrera, a registered nurse in the labor and delivery division. Read more...

Photo: Nurses chant and wave signs as they walk outside the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. The rally was one of many Wednesday night calling for better working conditions, held at multiple UC medical centers across the state. (Victoria Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)


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USA Elections Board launches investigations into alleged elections code violations

This post was updated April 29 at 4:15 p.m. Editor’s note: Daily Bruin removed the names of the individuals who filed the two complaints. The Elections Board mistakenly disclosed the individuals’ identities and later informed The Bruin that the individuals are anonymous. Read more...

Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Elections Board has begun two formal investigations into an alleged elections code violations complaints. (Sakshi Joglekar/Assistant Photo editor)

(Sakshi Joglekar/Assistant Photo editor)

UCLA football partners with nonprofits to recruit students for marrow registry

UCLA football held an event to recruit members for a national marrow donor registry Friday. The Get in the Game, Save a Life event was hosted on Bruin Walk in collaboration with Be The Match and the Andy Talley Bone Marrow Foundation. Read more...

Photo: UCLA football players pose at the event with signs. The team hosted a sign-up drive Friday in partnership with two nonprofits to encourage students to register as bone marrow donors. (Noah Danesh/Daily Bruin)



UC union workers rally for fair wages on Wilshire, Westwood boulevards

This post was updated May 1 at 8:57 p.m. University of California union members picketed at the intersection of Wilshire and Westwood boulevards on Tuesday to call for fair wages and affordable university housing, resulting in 26 arrests.  The rally began at 1 p.m. Read more...

Photo: Twenty-six union members sit at the center of the Westwood-Wilshire intersection as hundreds of protesters circle around them. Union members chanted slogans such as “What’s outrageous, poverty wages.” (Shengfeng Chien/Daily Bruin)



Disability and LGBTQ+ advocates criticize scope of UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report

This post was updated April 28 at 12:22 a.m. Advocates and UCLA faculty addressed criticisms of a UCLA report for not analyzing disability and LGBTQ+ representation in the film and television industry. Read more...

Photo: The Hollywood sign overlooks the Hollywood area of Los Angeles. A UCLA report analyzing diversity among actors and staff in Hollywood has been criticized for not considering disabilities or LGBTQ+ identities. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin senior staff)