UC Santa Cruz graduate student workers are trying to negotiate with UCSC for fair wages for their critical work in teaching students. University officials, negotiators, and the Office of the President have been adversarial and punitive, not recognizing the importance of these young teachers to the teaching mission of the UCSC and the larger UC system or the need for a COLA to support the rising living costs faces by these teachers.
Without quality teachers there can be no quality teaching. Without a COLA, there can be no quality teachers.
Please join me in supporting these teachers in their quest for fair and equitable compensation.
David Teplow
President, UCLA-AAUP