UC and Labor Union Reach Tentative Agreement Over Academic Worker Strike

December 19, 2022 2:03 pm

The University of California academic workers strike that began November 14th and, at it’s peak, affected 48,000 workers across the UC system, ended on Friday when a tentative agreement was reached between UC and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union...

UC Strike Affecting Students Finals, Semester Grades

December 9, 2022 2:30 amDecember 8, 2022 9:56 pm

The ongoing University of California strike of 36,000 academic student employees (such as teaching assistants) and graduate student researchers continued on Thursday, with the strike now directly affecting students’ finals and their grades for the semester. The strike began nearly a...

UC Strike Partially Ends Following Agreement With One UAW Bargaining Groups

November 29, 2022 4:20 pmNovember 29, 2022 4:56 pm

The ongoing strike of 48,000 University of California (UC) academic workers was partially ended on Tuesday following a new agreement agreement with 12,000 postdoctoral employees and academic researchers for higher pay and better job benefits. The strike began 15 days...

48,000 UC Workers Launch Strike Over Pay, Benefit Disagreements

November 14, 2022 12:51 pm

48,000 University of California (UC) academic workers went on strike on Monday over pay and benefit disagreements, sparking one of the largest higher education strikes in US history, as well as the largest in the nation since 2019. Until the...

Attorney General Rob Bonta ,15 Other States File Suit Against US Postal Service Over New Mail Truck Fleet

April 28, 2022 12:51 pm

A lawsuit against the United States Postal Service over the environmental issues from their Next Generation Delivery Vehicle Acquisition program over the next several decades was filed by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, in conjunction with 15 other states on...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk Invites UAW to Hold Union Vote at Fremont Plant Following State of Union Address

March 3, 2022 12:43 pmMarch 3, 2022 12:44 pm

On Wednesday, Tesla Founder and CEO Elon Musk responded to President Joe Biden for failing to mention Tesla when talking about electric car manufacturing in his state of the union address earlier this week, by inviting the United Auto Workers...

Wealth Tax California Style: Tax ‘Avoidance’ Will Not Be Allowed

December 21, 2020 8:12 am

Tesla founder Elon Musk recently left California for Texas after warning Gov. Gavin Newsom of his intensions, to which Newsom responded: Meh. Many other business owners before and after Musk have also fled the state’s high taxes and business-interfering regulations,...