VOLUME 53, ISSUE 8 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2019 WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG DACA PHOTOCONCERT REVIEW:TEASE !"#$%#&'()*&+% STEVE LACY GOES HERE $),-*+&./&)%/+% #'0.),)%"-'.&% 1((.)++)+%$1"1 UC President Napolitano spoke at the Supreme Court while students rallied !0#P%G+@#-=>Q'R(%*&D#S)S)%*#"%*ED# %*&##>R+"##>+T='R+ 2"+3'4&$-"&3 Students demonstrated in front of Geisel Library for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program while oral arguments for PHOTO BY NAME HERE /GUARDIAN the program were being heard at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, CAPTION PREVIEWING Nov. 12. The lawsuit being heard "Everybody in that Labor union worker and student members march together to end UC outsourcing. // Photo by Nithish Narasimman THEroom ARTICLE was completelyPAIRED WITH was brought forth two years ago THE PHOTO TEASE. FOR by the UC Office of the President hypnotized without in an attempt to stop the Trump EXAMPLE IF THE PHOTO LABOR administration from rescinding the WEREany OF outside A BABY YOU program. WOULDdistractions. SAY “BABIES Us. SUCK! 1>#"8?%@-9/5%ABCC%#&.6D)+%&-%2.-&)+&%!"%E'&+-'.96*4 The students, chanting phrases THEY ARE WEAK AND like “cut their checks, fund our Him." !"##$%&'()*'##('+*###!"#$%&'!()**'+,$-"& lives,” and “up up up with liberation, down down down with -6;5314D##2.H6##FA&E, page 9 he American Federation of State, County don’t have any voice, no insurance, no benefits, and Municipal Employees Local 3299 but they work side-by-side with us, and that’s why deportation,” showcased banners 1234314I##J,.8568##;.2 calling for the defunding of the held a strike on Wednesday, Nov. 13 we feel it should be equal pay. UC is massively U.S. military and the abolishment Tacross the University of California campuses and hiring them and paying them for cheap.” ;86935-##,4;.2269,-,.//0##1234314##56.-6 of U.S. Immigrations and Customs !6!.-##4669-##5:1##-2.;6- medical centers in response to six Unfair Labor Zolayvar also noted how outsourcing affects Enforcement. 1234314D##2.H6##L-6;5314D##2%E'###F Practice charges against the UC administration. patient care. Xelestiál Moreno-Luz, a senior The charges include outsourcing laborers and “We want the best quality of care we can give who is the leader and organizer replacing low-paid UC employees with private them, but if they keep contracting workers there of the protest, spoke to the UCSD K6./5K0##K.!35- contract workers without proper bargaining or for cheap labor … [patients and] students don’t 17564##.##-2185-##56.-6 Guardian about the message that /376-50/6##532- consent of the union. get quality service they need,” Zolayvar said. she was trying to convey through <=>##)?##%##@%?A'>B@%((C The summary of the six complaints outlines Eleanor Roosevelt College junior Azriel the march. /376-50/6#D###2%E'##MN?'G>)+*D##2%E'##F the trend of the UC administration replacing Almera, who is a core member of United Students “When we are talking about employees with privately contracted laborers, Against Sweatshops and an intern for AFSCME undocumented liberation and attempting to evade minimum wage policies, 3299, was also at the strike. about the access for undocumented failing to notify the union of contract proposals, “As students, we have a lot of political power people, if we are only focusing on FOREFORECAST- neglecting to provide the opportunity to bargain, since we pay tuition,” Almera told the Guardian. DACA, we are missing a lot of and failing to provide information requested “We have more leverage in terms of where people who need opportunities by AFSCME about new contract proposals via we want our money to go. I’ve heard stories, and support to be free and live Request for Proposals. especially in the dorms [about how] it’s always comfortably,” Moreno-Luz said. AFSCME, the labor union representing UC the same person coming to clean. A lot of Moreno-Luz showed employees, last went on strike in May 2019 over students, too, come from far away places so it’s affirmation to University of MONDAYMONDAY TUESDAYTUESDAY ULP charges. Only three had been made at that nice to have familiar faces. These workers have California’s support of DACA, but HH 7996 L 7260 H H71 86 L L 57 68 time, concerning illegal outsourcing, as well as a families and kids and understand struggles and also expressed further aspiration. failure to bargain with the union. want what’s best for students and we want what’s “What I want to see UC do more In 2017, a state audit was conducted on the UC best for them.” of is a call to end deportation and a Office of the President’s labor practices. It read: David Page, who has been working as a call to end detention” Moreno-Luz said. “Some university locations avoided competitive respiratory therapist for 14 years, also attended WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Junior Gabrielle Nathanson WEDNESDAY THURSDAY bidding by repeatedly amending contracts and the strike. spoke to the Guardian on why she HH 60 79 LL 6754 HH 59 79 L L 4966 through sole-source exceptions.” “It’s a public institution,” Page told the was protesting. In Summer 2019, the UC Regents disclosed Guardian. “They’re outsourcing jobs on campus “I’m here because a lot of that expenses for outsourcing contracts had and that brings down services that [students] things are happening very quickly,” VERBATIM increased by 52 percent since 2016. rely on. UC is willing to go behind our backs and Nathanson said. “The border VERBATIM Ruth Zolayvar, an AFSCME Local 3299 unions’ backs and displace people who deserve to patrol is getting more aggressive "Users of these flters Striker and UC employee who has been working be treated fairly.” … dozens and dozens of families in Patient Pharmacy Tech for 13 years, spoke on The 2017 state audit also revealed that [and] hundreds of people are being PULLshould A QUOTE consider FROM the outsourcing of labor at the rally in front of UCOP had failed to follow its own fair contract detained for no reason … so I A COLUMNthe underlying HERE! FOR Thornton Hospital in the Jacobs Medical Center. policy guidelines and that the university lacked wanted to fight against that.” EXAMPLE, ‘I DON’T “A lot of outsourced workers work side by side a database of service contracts across all UC Crystal Romero, another student UNDERSTANDimplications WHY ALLIE of these sugary- with our workers, and these workers are cheap campuses. protesting, told the Guardian that CAN’T ASCRIBE WORDS TO labor,” Zolayvar told the UCSD Guardian. “They According to the audit, “low-wage services she felt like it was her duty as a THEIRsweet, PROPER butterfy- USAGES.’ See STRIKE,%page 2 U.S. citizen to support her fellow -KELVINadorned NORONHA” vehicles students. - Columnistof weaponized name here “The reason why I am here is TRANSPORTATION because, as a US citizen, I think COLUMNinsecurity." TITLE HERE SECTION, PAGE _ that it is my responsibility to stand !"2$%2.-0-+)+%3)4'5/&6-*+%-*%7869.-,-:656&;<%$)=69)+ for those that do not have the same Jillian Calilung privilege as I do,” Romero said. Te proposed policy is intended to regulate devices and vehicles used by students to get around on campus “Whether that is undocumented Beauty Filters people or students that are under PAGE 4 !0#/=)?##O%('*>' skateboards, roller skates, and any This new policy, sent campus- .%#-&$/0-$#1'+&$-"& other wheeled vehicle that would fit wide on Nov. 5, is more detailed DACA, we have to stand and the parameters listed in the policy. and ambitious in its goals than support one another.” INSIDEINSIDE The UC San Diego Police Bicycles and similar methods its predecessors: PPM270-3 While the students were Department announced a proposed of transportation have long been Regulations (concerning Bicycles) protesting on the UC San Diego policy that aims to change the regulated on the UCSD campus and PPM270-2 Regulations campus, UC President Janet LIGHTSTEXT ...................................X AND SIRENS......3 way students get around campus in an attempt to ensure safety (concerning Skateboards) — both Napolitano gave a speech on D&D..................................5 on Nov. 5, 2019. Known as the for all pedestrians and vehicle of which were issued over 20 years the steps of the Supreme Court OPINION SOMETHING .X Building while the oral arguments STAR WARS.....................8 “Micromobility Device Policy,” operators and to minimize the risk ago on Dec.1, 1997. If passed, the WEEKEND/FEATURE .....X the proposed rules are target to of accidents. However, the current “Micromobility Device Policy” for the lawsuit were being heard. STUDENTCROSSWORD/SUDOKU MEALS...........11 X regulate “devices or vehicles [...] policy enforced by the UCPD is would become the new standard “Our suit demands that the TRITON TIMEOUT...........16 intended or used for human brief in that it only states when and on campus. Trump administration abide by the A SOCCER BALL! WOW X transport,” which include bicycles, where it is acceptable to operate electric and manual scooters, such micromobility devices. See SCOOTERS,%page 3 See NAPOLITANO,%page 3 U THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2019 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG 46:- !"#$%&'()*)+,')-*)')-+(+'./0*12'3*452'62*7)17+('+(6+71*338'-*29':52;+2('0259'9*2<1/*31=+,'4*7;<25./,( ▶ STRIKE, from page 1 contract workers received hourly Rosa Hernández, an AFSCME a better future for our children.] more than double the rate for wages that were $3.86 lower than member, also spoke at the strike A statement by AFSCME on Asian/Pacific Islander women.” comparable university employees at Thornton Hospital. She gave their Facebook event page for the While an investigation into received.” her speech in Spanish. An English strike claims that this outsourcing the six charges is still ongoing, An increasing trend towards transcription has been provided.