University of California President Michael Drake promised to work toward improving staff wellness and providing a salary increase for University employees when reflecting on his tenure during a Feb. Read more...
Photo: UC President Michael Drake is pictured. Drake, who plans to step down from his role at the end of the 2024-2025 academic year, held his final all-staff town hall as president Feb. 19. (Zimo Li/Photo editor)
This post was updated Feb. 28 at 1:05 a.m. The Daily Bruin covers breaking news events as they happen. This page will cover the latest from the February 2025 strikes and will provide the most important updates in a summary of the strike as it happens. Read more...
Photo: Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 picket on the UCLA campus. The union is striking against the UC on Wednesday and Thursday. (Max Zhang/Daily Bruin)
Members of the United Auto Workers Local 4811 joined students across the UC on Wednesday to protest the Trump administration’s cuts in National Institutes of Health funding. Read more...
Photo: Sydney Campbell presents during a union-wide meeting focused on implementing strategies to fight the NIH funding cuts. (Courtesy of UAW Local 4811 Communications)
Two unions have called on nearly 60,000 workers to strike across the UC starting Wednesday. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, which represents patient care, service and skilled craft workers, called for its second strike against the UC this academic year for Wednesday and Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Bernie Sanders speaks at a 2019 rally for the University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299. UPTE-CWA 9119 and AFSCME Local 3299 will strike across the UC starting Wednesday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A research and technical workers union announced plans for a three-day strike, becoming the second union to announce a strike against the University of California on Friday. The University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 – which represents research and technical workers – called the strike, which will take place on all 10 UC campuses from Feb. Read more...
Photo: Workers from the University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 demonstrate. The union announced it will strike later this month. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Feb. 17 at 11:08 p.m. A major UC union announced Friday that it will go on a two-day strike later this month. Read more...
Photo: Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 – which represents service, patient care and skilled crafts workers – demonstrate on campus as part of a November strike. The union has called on its workers to strike again Feb. 26 and Feb. 27. (Edward Ho/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Feb. 14 at 12:11 a.m. A federal judge halted a plan to cut National Institutes of Health grants in 22 states Monday, blocking a policy that would limit research funding across the UC. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior is pictured. A federal judge halted a plan to cut National Institutes of Health grants in 22 states Monday, blocking a policy that would limit research funding across the UC. (Zimo Li/Photo editor)
