UCSB COLA Movement

UC Santa Cruz Reinstates 41 Teaching Assistants Dismissed over COLA Strikes

August 17, 2020 by

Graduate students across the UC continue to advocate for a COLA, even as the pandemic brings challenges to in-person activism.
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UCSB Teaching Assistants End Wildcat Strike, Submit Withheld Winter Quarter Grades

May 1, 2020 by

UCSB graduate students were the last of any UC campus to continue withholding grades.
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UC Santa Cruz COLA Strikers To Submit Withheld Fall and Winter Grades

April 29, 2020 by

Around 80 UCSC graduate students who were dismissed from their spring TA positions are still without work.
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“All Smiles, No Swipes”: COLA Protestors Organize Lunchtime “Liberation” for Ortega Dining Commons

March 9, 2020 by

The dining hall occupation was an expression of solidarity with UCSB undergraduate students, 44% of whom experience food insecurity.
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“Without graduate student labor, there is no light”: UCSB 4 COLA Rallies as Part of UC-Wide Black-Out Strike

March 6, 2020 by and

The UC-wide work stoppage started early morning on Thursday; at approximately 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, protesters blocked all four entrances to Cheadle Hall.
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In Photos | Graduate Students Block Entrances, Occupy Cheadle Hall In Fight For COLA

March 5, 2020 by

At each campus, COLA movements are urging faculty to cancel all classes and undergraduate students to walk out of any classes that professors didn’t cancel.
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“I think people are just fed up”: COLA Organizers Call For Thursday UC-Wide Work Stoppage As Movement Reaches All 10 UC Campuses

March 5, 2020 by

With the launch of a COLA group at UCSF, all 10 UC campuses now have rumblings of COLA organizing on their respective campuses. 
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UAW 2865 To Vote To Strike Over Unfair Practice Charges Against the UC

March 5, 2020 by

UAW 2865 alleges that the UC has committed multiple unfair labor practices in its response to the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) movement.
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Two Days In, UCSB COLA Wildcat Strike Draws Close to 2,000 Supporters

February 28, 2020 by

UCSB’s graduate students are from the second campus within the UC system to go on strike in the fight for a COLA.
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Breaking: UCSC Dismisses 54 Graduate Students on COLA Strike for Failure to Turn In Fall Quarter 2019 Grades

February 28, 2020 by and

Several graduate students who received dismissal letters posted screenshots of them on social media.
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In Photos | UCSB Grad Students Begin First Day of Indefinite COLA Strike

February 28, 2020 by

Graduate students, undergraduates and faculty gathered on Thursday in front of Storke Tower for the first day of UCSB 4 COLA's strike.
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A.S. Senate Passes Resolution in Support of COLA Movements and UCSC Strikers

February 27, 2020 by

The resolution's authors emphasized the need for undergraduate support.
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Breaking: UCSB Graduate Students Vote To Begin Full Strike on Thursday for Cost-of-Living Adjustment

February 24, 2020 by and

UCSB 4 COLA is calling for a monthly amount of $1,807.51.
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UCGPC President Says Napolitano Meeting Is Not To Negotiate a COLA

February 24, 2020 by

Strobel described the incident as a “misunderstanding” and said that UCGPC meets with Napolitano on a yearly basis.
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Graduate Students Occupy Cheadle Hall Until Midnight, Rally for COLA and University Support of UCSC Strikers

February 23, 2020 by and

Graduate students from advocacy group UCSB 4 COLA organized the sit-in in response to a call for solidarity from UCSC graduate students.
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