GSWOC-UAW Local 872

We are the 3,000 grad workers of @USC, fighting together for better working conditions and a more inclusive academy.

[GSWOC-UAW Local 872 @gswocusc]

Join the majority! This Spring, USC grad workers are signing up to become dues-paying members of our new Local Union, UAW Local 872. Now that grad workers have our first contract, it’s time to stand together as union members. 🧵

[UAW 4811 @uaw_4811]

Vote Yes on strike authorization: May 13-15

[DSA-LA 🌹 @dsa_losangeles]

ALERT! @gswocusc and @uawregion6 are hosting a rally THIS TUESDAY NIGHT to fight for @USC students, workers, and a free Palestine!

DSA-LA is proud to show up in solidarity, and we need everybody to join us! RSVP now at https://t.co/i0JLQy0J9J and we'll keep you updated.

[GSWOC-UAW Local 872 @gswocusc]

Thank you @FlyingWithSara and @afa_cwa!

[AFA-CWA @afa_cwa]

We reaffirm our call for a ceasefire in Gaza. We stand in solidarity with students, student workers, & faculty exercising their constitutional rights to protest for peace. Statement from @FlyingWithSara: https://t.co/6qcx5uX7Zw

[Dave Jamieson @jamieson]

In addition to a strike authorization vote, UAW Local 4811 says it's filing unfair labor practice charges against UCLA over protest crackdown.

'The UCLA Administration has condoned the brutal attack of students and workers as they peacefully protested for justice for Palestine.'

[Kenneth Mejia, CPA @kennethmejiaLA]

To the USC and UCLA students protesting the atrocities in Gaza, you are on the right side of history.

I am sorry your administration & elected leaders, who should be protecting you, have harmed & failed you.

As history has shown, protesting injustice is always the right to do.

[Vail Kohnert-Yount @vailkoyo]

OUR president, @ShawnFainUAW

[Ysabel Jurado @YsabelJuradoLA]

Organized workers have the power to change the world! USC’s actions are not only wrong but illegal. This international mass movement of workers and students cannot be broken. Solidarity with the workers and students standing up for justice! ✊🏽

[UAW 4811 @uaw_4811]

Last night, students and workers protesting peacefully at UCLA for justice in Palestine were physically attacked by a group of 100+ counter protesters. UC’s failure to protect students and workers is an abdication of its responsibility. UAW 4811 members are mobilizing in response

[GSWOC-UAW Local 872 @gswocusc]

Local 872 members stand with our union siblings at @uaw_4811 after the despicable and violent attacks on them by right-wing agitators last night.

It is unfathomable that @UCLA would stand by and let this happen — we’ll be arm-in-arm with you in fighting for accountability.

[UAW 4811 @uaw_4811]

Last night, students and workers protesting peacefully at UCLA for justice in Palestine were physically attacked by a group of 100+ counter protesters. UC’s failure to protect students and workers is an abdication of its responsibility. UAW 4811 members are mobilizing in response

[GSWOC-UAW Local 872 @gswocusc]

Thank you @lacontroller for taking a strong stance in support of academic freedom and against @USC’s and LAPD’s escalation of campus policing.

Controller Mejia is setting a nationwide example for government transparency and accountability — and solidarity.

[LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @lacontroller]

Out of concern for the safety of the @USC community, the general public, and in the interest of fiscal prudence, we urge the @USC Administration to refrain from using police to suppress peaceful student protest.

@PresidentFolt:
Students’ right to free speech must be protected.

[GSWOC-UAW Local 872 @gswocusc]

Deploying police violence against protestors is antithetical to a free and democratic society.

As a union, we unapologetically stand with the mass student movement for divestment from war profiteering and a ceasefire in Gaza.

[GSWOC-UAW Local 872 @gswocusc]

Tonight’s deployment of militarized police violence against CUNY and Columbia protestors is horrific and reprehensible.

There need to be swift & severe consequences for every university administrator and govt official responsible for these brutal crackdowns on campus protests.

[Jeanne Theoharis @JeanneTheoharis]

Friends, please, please amplify. The NYPD are now raiding City College. Reports are hundreds of cops. Please, I know that what happened at Columbia tonight is sickening--but this is Part II. And our @cuny students are largely working class students of color.

[GSWOC-UAW Local 872 @gswocusc]

USC must immediately drop all charges against the 93 students and community members arrested last Wednesday, end the militarization of campus, and come to the negotiating table.

[GSWOC-UAW Local 872 @gswocusc]

UAW Local 872 has officially filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board over USC’s unlawful arrests of five union members and other actions taken to suppress on-campus protests. 🧵

[GSWOC-UAW Local 872 @gswocusc]

Arresting union members in retaliation for protected concerted activity is not only abhorrent; it’s a clear violation of federal law. The ULP charge USC is now facing is the latest in a slew of rebukes of the administration’s handling of our mass movement of students and workers.

[Michael Sainato @msainat1]

USC grad workers have filed ULP charges with the NLRB over the university's response to peaceful protests and arrests of union members

[GSWOC-UAW Local 872 @gswocusc]

Posted earlier today on Instagram: GSWOC-UAW Local 872 Statement on USC Gaza Occupation

[UAW Region 6 @uawregion6]

Member spotlight: Jackie Johnson of @gswocusc is a Teaching Asst at USC. “I am so invigorated by the conviction of my union siblings! Though I am graduating in a few short months, the lessons I have learned will come with me to every workplace after USC.” https://t.co/xk4JEKp2KH