"We write to strongly condemn the violent repression of peaceful protests by students across the country, including, alarmingly, at our sister campus UCLA."--thank you Berkeley Faculty Association!

UAW 4811 is calling on UC to peacefully negotiate with stakeholders and reach agreement to address these concerns through: (7/9)

“dialogue, learning, and debate in the pursuit of truth and wisdom especially in the face of deep and painful disagreement are among the core values of a university. Flash-bang grenades and riot shields are the antithesis of those values.” ash.harvard.edu/articles/campu…

“We commend Chancellor Christ and members of the UC Berkeley encampment for sustaining negotiations while under immense pressure by you. We, as faculty, assert the authority of our Chancellor, Carol Christ …. demand that the autonomy of UC Berkeley be respected.”

Council of UC Faculty Associations has a FAQ for senate faculty in case of a strike by UAW4811 against University of California for unfair labor practices against their members who participated in non-violent protests in solidarity with Palestine on the UCLA campus cucfa.org/2024/05/faqs-f…

“If the trend is for administrators to call the police as a first rather than last resort, this tendency is reinforced by the increasingly hierarchical, centralized, undemocratic nature of university governance and decision-making.” latimes.com/opinion/story/…

NEW: University of California investments in entities with ties to weapons makers, Israel, Blackrock, Blackstone and 24 other companies targeted by divestment proponents amount to about $32 billion of UC's $175 billion. Per Chief Investment Officer Jagdeep Singh Bachher. Weapons: $3.3

BREAKING: UC Berkeley reaches agreement with pro-Palestinian protestors. Encampment taken down. UCB won't divest from Israel (@uofcalifornia position) but will assess investments in weapons making, mass incarceration, and/or surveillance industries. documentcloud.org/documents/2466…

More on new agreement between UC Berkeley & pro-Palestinian protesters: Chancellor Carol Christ says she backs a ceasefire in Gaza and that support for the plight of Palestinians, including protests, "should not be conflated with hatred or antisemitism." "I, too, am concerned

UAW strike has been authorized! This is a ULP strike, which does not violate the no-strike clause in a contract, and cannot be deemed unlawful by UCOP. More information about UAW 4811 strike and faculty rights coming. See our FAQ buff.ly/4alOW7B for more info!

"But wait, I've been told supervisors can't honor picket lines." Senate faculty do not become "supervisory employees," a legal term of art under HEERA, by supervising teaching and research; we retain full HEERA rights. See memo by UC labor law scholars: buff.ly/3K5XdSi

JUST IN: UCLA Police Chief John Thomas has been removed from his post and reassigned pending investigations into security lapses that failed to stem violent attacks on a pro-Palestinian encampment. w/ Jaweed Kaleem bit.ly/3QUV6EO