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UCLA4COLA 🥤54k. COLA. cops off campus.
@ucla4cola
The TA doesn't include a COLA, leaving us RENT BURDENED (the very thing that we went on strike to get out of). The University still remains a predominant player in local rental markets and can arbitrarily increase rent!
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Rank and File Irvine #HottiesVoteNo❤️‍🔥
@RankandFileUCI
The @UofCalifornia is not only our employer…but our landlord too!! booooo! 🍅 Fighting for housing stability is a demand that is essential to our wellbeing. How ironic that the UC continues to build new expensive housing when they know they’re paying us low wages?!
A vector mockup of a gray apartment building with red accented windows is labeled “Verano Towers” on the left side of a black background. Standing in front of the building is petr wearing a red shirt that says “hotties vote no.” Next to the apartment building mockup is read text stating that “A ‘no vote’”, continued in yellow: “is a fight for”, continued in gray “housing stability.” A watermark in the bottom left corner credits @RankAndFileIrvine. The bottom right corner features a red arrow imploring viewers to turn to the next image.
A yellow header reads “Housing” against a black background. Below it, white text states: “official proposal means…” followed by three bullet points: “UC will not tie wages to housing costs,” “Housing will in most cases remain above 30% of our salaries,” and “Nothing stops the UC from continuing to raise our rent.” Below these bullet points is golden text asking “Why support a contract that still leaves many of us rent burdened?” with “#VoteNo” written below in white. @RankAndFileIrvine is credited in the bottom left corner.
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UCLA4COLA 🥤54k. COLA. cops off campus.
@ucla4cola
The TA has insufficient childcare benefits, providing an increase of only 27 CENTS PER DAY.
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Rank and File Irvine #HottiesVoteNo❤️‍🔥
@RankandFileUCI
Good evening folks!! Tomorrow is the last day to vote no or yes on this tentative agreement (TA). We’re here to tell you ANOTHER reason why we’re voting no🥺🤎 Our student parents, student families, and youth deserve so much more!
Over a black background, red text reads: “A ‘no vote’”, continued in yellow, “Supports student parents and our youth”. On the right of the text is a drawing of a petr wearing a red shirt with the text “Hotties vote no.” Petr is standing in front of a ball of fire. Underneath the supporting student parent text is a vector drawing of a house with four family members and a heart on the top center. In the bottom left corner of the image is a watermark for @RankAndFileIrvine. The bottom right, below Petr, features a red arrow imploring viewers to read on to the next image
On black background, a yellow header reads: “Childcare”. On the line below, white text states: “official proposals means…” following by three bullet points: “Childcare costs roughly range between $1k-$3k per month, depending on campus” ; “Parent can expect to pay $800-$2000 per month out of pocket” ; “In comparison to UC’s original offer, UC now offers a yearly increase of 27.8 cents per day”. Below the bullet points, the golden text asks: “Why support a contract that doesn’t value the health and safety of our youth?”. Underneath there is hashtag statement: “#VoteNo”. Underneath a watermark for @RankAndFileIrvine
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UCLA4COLA 🥤54k. COLA. cops off campus.
@ucla4cola
The TA only codifies existing NRST protections. Most International workers will still be subjected to NRST!
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UCSC4COLA
@payusmoreucsc
Another core demand of our strike is the removal of non-resident supplemental tuition (NRST) for grad workers in the UC. The current TA only codifies existing practice, i.e. it makes no material improvement. What makes this demand so hard to win? What are the stakes here? 🧵
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UCLA4COLA 🥤54k. COLA. cops off campus.
@ucla4cola
The TA's immigration article has NO PROTECTIONS FOR UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS.
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Rank and File Irvine #HottiesVoteNo❤️‍🔥
@RankandFileUCI
We’re back tonight with yet again, another reason why we’re voting NO on this tentative agreement (TA) ‼️ The UC and union do not have a sense of urgency or priority to protect our undocumented students and their families- we will not stand for that 😡
On a black background, red text reads: “A ‘no vote’”, continued in yellow, “is a fight to support undocumented students.” Next to the ‘no vote’ text is a small drawing of petr wearing a red shirt stating “hotties vote no” with a fireball behind him. Bellow all of the text is a vector drawing of a monarch butterfly. In the bottom left of the image is a watermark for @RankAndFileIrvine. The bottom right of the image features a red arrow directing readers to the next image.
A yellow header on a black background reads: “Undocumented students.” Below, in white text: “official proposal means…” There are two bullet points in white text. “The article of immigration does NOT protect all undocumented students.” Two sub-bullets are listed: “students without work authorization are excluded” and “if a student loses their work authorization, they are left in the dark”. A sub-sub bullet also reads: “ex: UC will need to comply with law if DACA is appealed.” The second main bullet point states that “UC can continue to bring in external law enforcement which puts undocu students at risk.” Below the bullet points is golden text asking: “Why support a contract that isn’t concerned with the safety and wellbeing of undocumented students?” And and white “#VoteNo” and @RankAndFileIrvine watermark.
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UCLA4COLA 🥤54k. COLA. cops off campus.
@ucla4cola
The TA keeps COPS *ON* CAMPUS. All demands for community safety and cops off campus were removed, without comment, from the final tentative agreement.
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Rank and File Irvine #HottiesVoteNo❤️‍🔥
@RankandFileUCI
A #NoVote is a fight for #CopsOffCampus ‼️ The union bargaining team has settled for a tentative agreement that leaves Black, Brown, queer, undocumented and/or disabled students at risk to continue to experience police violence. #HottiesVoteNO #UAWStrike #UCStrike #FairUCNow
On a black background, read text states: “A ‘no vote’”. The text continues on the next line in yellow, reading, “is a fight for cops off campus.” Next to the ‘no vote’ text is a drawing of petr wearing a red shirt stating “Hotties vote no” in front of a fireball. Below the “cops off campus” text is some vector art of a police car with the emblazoned logo “UCPD” with a red no sign over it. In the bottom left corner of the image, white text reads: @RankAndFileIrvine. The bottom right features a red arrow imploring viewers to swipe to the next image
On a black background, a yellow header reads: “Community Safety.” On the line below, white text states: “official proposal means…” followed by two bullet points: “UC will not defund UCPD” and “UC can continue to bring in external law enforcement in response to campus-related events.” Below the bullet points, gold texts asks: “Why support a contract that isn’t fighting against police violence? Why support a contract that isn’t concerned for the safety of Black, Brown, queer, undocumented and/or disabled students?” Below this, in white, is text reading “#VoteNo” and below is a smaller line crediting “@RankAndFileIrvine”
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UCLA4COLA 🥤54k. COLA. cops off campus.
@ucla4cola
The TA WEAKENS our protections against overwork, allowing the university to stall for an extra week when appealing to arbitration.
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R&F for a Democratic Union
@uclarnf
🚨 CONTRACT CONCESSION ALERT 🚨: The tentative agreement actually WEAKENS our workload protection rights. Now people must WAIT 10 DAYS instead of 3 DAYS to appeal to arbitration. This weakens our union's ability to get immediate relief for overworked workers. #FairUCNow #VoteNo
Screenshot of Tentative Agreement. Article F. Expedited Process. 1. Alleged violations of daily, weekly, or term (quarter or semester) maximum number of hours is subject to the grievance/arbitration procedure as modified by the expedited process in Section 3 below. 2. For such grievances, the Informal Step 1 of the grievance procedure is mandatory and is limited (bold start) to the remedies (bold end) in Section E above. In the event that such a grievance is not settled through the Informal Step 1, the grievant may file a formal grievance with the campus labor relations office. If the grievance is not resolved within ten days (changed from 3 days), the UAW may submit the grievance directly to arbitration for an expedited hearing.
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UCLA4COLA 🥤54k. COLA. cops off campus.
@ucla4cola
The TA CONCEDES more management rights. Now the university has “sole discretion” over housing, svsh and harassment investigations/determinations, and cost/coverage of health benefits.
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R&F for a Democratic Union
@uclarnf
🚨 CONTRACT CONCESSION ALERT 🚨: The Tentative Agreement CONCEDES more Management Rights. With this TA, the UC will have “sole discretion” over campus housing, cost/coverage of health benefits, and the investigation/determination of sexual harassment and discrimination.
Picture of the top of the second page of the tentatively agreed upon Management Rights ASE contract article. Bolded New Contract provisions: 18. To determine and manage campus housing pursuant to University policies; 19. to determine cost and coverage of student benefits including health, dental, vision, and other medical insurance and prescription drug policies; 20. to select all insurance carriers and to change carriers from time to time; 21. to investigate and determine matters of sexual harassment, discrimination and personal misconduct;
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UCLA4COLA 🥤54k. COLA. cops off campus.
@ucla4cola
In a hidden concession, the TA CONCEDES our ability to respect other unions' pickets. Those who exercise their “free expression” in solidarity with other unions are now subject to discipline and dismissal.
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R&F for a Democratic Union
@uclarnf
🚨 Contract Concession Alert 🚨: In a hidden addition, the TA states that employees exercising their free expression "may be subject to discipline and dismissal.” This eliminates our ability to collectively withhold our labor in solidarity with other unions.
A portion of the TAs article 19 "No Strikes." It states: 1. The UAW shall not call, promote or engage in a sympathy strike in support of another UC union or bargaining unit. 2. Under this section, individual ASEs retain rights of free expression including their right to engage in activities in sympathy with other UC unions or bargaining units who are striking at the work location of the ASE. When ASEs exercise these rights and do not meet the expectation that they comply with the terms of his/her appointment, at the discretion of the University they may not be paid for work they do not perform (now highlighted in blue to showcase difference) and may be subject to discipline and dismissal.
Current contract language of Article 19 titled "no strikes". It states, 1. The UAW shall not call, promote or engage in a sympathy strike in support of another UC union or bargaining unit. 2. Under this section, individual ASEs retain rights of free expression including their right to engage in activities in sympathy with other UC unions or bargaining units who are striking at the work location of the ASE. When ASEs exercise these rights and do not meet the expectation that they comply with the terms of his/her appointment, at the discretion of the University they may not be paid for work they do not perform.
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UCLA4COLA 🥤54k. COLA. cops off campus.
@ucla4cola
UAW has been violating and COMPLETELY IGNORING its own resolution to remain neutral during ratification votes. Instead, using all available resources to push people to vote yes.
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R&F for a Democratic Union
@uclarnf
In 2018, the Joint Council passed a resolution declaring that the Union “shall remain neutral [on contract ratification] from the time the decision to hold such a vote is made to the time the official vote count has been released”
Screenshot of resolution titled "180828 JC Resolution: Neutral Democracy." Official resolution google doc is included at bottom of the thread.
Continued Screenshot of resolution titled "180828 JC Resolution: Neutral Democracy." Official resolution google doc is included at bottom of the thread.
Screenshot of voting form for the JC Resolution Neutral Votes/Elections. Screenshot says that the resolution has passed.
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UCLA4COLA 🥤54k. COLA. cops off campus.
@ucla4cola
UAW Leadership has been sending machine-translated messages to Chinese students telling them to vote yes.
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Liu, Pengfei
@pengfeiliusoc
These UAW ppl are literally gluing their future social lives in UC on a working high speed railway track. No one can commit social suicide so fast like these dimwits. Also, who the FUCK is pretending to be Chinese and sending out this machine translated email to Chinese students?
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UCLA4COLA 🥤54k. COLA. cops off campus.
@ucla4cola
Even “Yes” campaigners have acknowledged UAW's role in using Union resources to undermine “No” vote organizers, phone banking people to “push-back” at town-halls and calling students “rabid”.
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UCSF Graduate Students on Strike
@UCSF_GSR_strike
🧵Yes vote BT (we are NO vote) said UCSF @sruuaw staff used @UAW resources to: 🚩undermined agreed-on slides 🚩phonebank ppl to go to program events to “push back” on students 🚩NOT promote UAW townhall to stop dissent 🚩called students “rabid” 🚩sent “misleadingly skewed info” twitter.com/ckroberts71/st…
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UCLA4COLA 🥤54k. COLA. cops off campus.
@ucla4cola
Can we win more if we vote NO, the answer is clearly YES. There is clearly a path forward to continue striking, withholding grades, and continuing to put pressure/escalate against the university.
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R&F for a Democratic Union
@uclarnf
"Our Vision for a Path Forward": a 🧵 Many of us are understandably feeling tired and vulnerable after striking for 5 weeks, having made insufficient gains at the bargaining table, and experiencing a demoralizing pattern of poor and opaque decision-making from union leadership.
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