![]() While university-provided graduate housing is slightly less than market-rate, it is still between $1,400-$1,800/month for a studio apartment this is well over half a TAs monthly paycheck, placing them under extreme “rent burden”. She stated, “TAs in the humanities generally make 25K-29K a year, but the average rent for a one bedroom apartment in Westwood is around 2,500 dollars which is also around our monthly paycheck. She expressed her frustrations from the perspective of a PhD student and Instructor and explained that it is not possible to live on a Teaching Associate’s salary. Shannon Forest, one of the UCLA English Department strike captains under UAW 2865, described the situation as a simple math problem that the university hasn’t addressed. ![]() UAW 2865 also advocates for job security, support for parents and family, transit, international scholar rights, and more for graduate/academic workers. The graduate workers are the backbone of the UC, but the university fails to support a compensation that allows reasonable living conditions. ![]() However, even after continuous and reasonable propositions, the UC has offered unaccommodating proposals, such as raises below inflation, and have repeatedly violated California labor laws. They demand that the University upholds their initial promise of being “an engine of economic and social equity in our state.” While there are several issues the university needs to address, UAW 2865, UAW 5810, and SRU-UAW strongly press for higher wages and better conditions. The SRU-UAW is a newly-formed branch of graduate student researchers. ![]() The UAW 2865 consists of teaching assistants, teaching associates, instructors, graduates, and student researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, while the UAW 5810 encompasses people from all the University of California campuses and includes post-doctorates, people from the sciences, and researchers. UAW 2865, UAW 5810, and SRU-UAW are three smaller branches that are voting to strike. The UAW (United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Workers) is one of the oldest unions in the country and represents a variety of sectors from higher education to steel. 12, over 1300 graduate workers and researchers under UAW 2865 and UAW 5810 called for a strike authorization vote on Janss Steps at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) against the insufficient salaries they receive in proportion to the work they perform. ![]()
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