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The University Council- American Federation of Teachers stands in solidarity with graduate students, faculty and allies in higher education who will participate in a nationwide day of action on November 29, 2017 in opposition to the GOP tax bill.

Whereas the plan slashes taxes for corporations and the wealthy, while increasing taxes on middle and low income Americans, with working families earning less than $30,000 bearing the steepest increase in taxes;

University Council-AFT Insider
October 9, 2017
 

In this issue:

·New Employee Orientations Bargaining Update #2

·Resolution In Support of Racial Justice

·UC-AFT Gets Organized—A Statewide Overview

·Supreme Court Grants Petition on Janus v. AFSCME

·CFT Straw Poll for California Governor Endorsement

Whereas UC-AFT is a staunch opponent of racism, both on moral grounds and because it weakens every fight for our members’ working conditions and our students’ learning conditions,

And whereas the election of Donald Trump has emboldened racists and neo-Nazis in the country,

And whereas the murder of Heather Heyer by a white supremacist in Charlottesville has drawn back the curtain on the true nature of the white supremacist movement in the United States,

And whereas a significant number of people have been murdered by white supremacists since Donald Trump’s election,

Good morning, Regents. My name is Mia McIver. I’m a lecturer faculty member at UCLA and president of UC-AFT, representing more than 5000 contingent faculty and librarians across the state.

President Napolitano, thank you for your leadership in defending DACA. We need to go even further and fight for permanent deportation relief and pay equity for all our undocumented students and co-workers.