DAILY NEXUS THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2020 www.dailynexus.com UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA COLA Movement Reaches UCEAP Suspends Three All 10 UC Campuses Study Abroad Programs Amidst Call for UC-Wide Due to Coronavirus Work Stoppage Thursday Evelyn Spence Lead News Editor A new Twitter account — @ UCSF4COLA — launched early Sunday morning, with a singular post that urged UC San Francisco graduate students to show up to a Wednesday rally “to show that we are united in our fight for accessible higher education.” But the post, and the creation of the account, marked more than just the launch of another cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) movement, which have been rapidly spreading across the UC since December. With the strike until their demands are met, LEONARD PAULASA / DAILY NEXUS launch of a COLA group at UCSF, according to a statement posted to COLA movement at UCLA but all 10 UC campuses now have the movement’s Twitter account. also to the firing of the UCSC rumblings of COLA organizing COLA movements on other graduate students, noting that MELODY WANG / DAILY NEXUS on their respective campuses. campuses are planning a one- participation in COLA organizing While the China study abroad program was cancelled at the end of January, the South Korea and Italy And they’re determined to day, full work stoppage “blackout” has “increased exponentially.” programs were cancelled last week as more cases of the virus were confirmed across the globe. make the university listen. strike on Thursday, March 5, UCLA graduate students voted Two campuses, UC Santa in solidarity with the dismissed Monday evening to join the Sanya Kamidi suspended because they are the Edmond said. Cruz and UC Santa Barbara, UCSC graduate students. At Thursday “blackout” strike. Deputy News Editor only three countries for which Once the programs were have launched full strikes. UCSC each campus, COLA movements “I think people are just fed up the Centers for Disease Control officially suspended, Edmond said graduate students have been on are urging faculty to cancel … the [UCSC] firings brought a The University of California (CDC) has issued at least a Level UCEAP “strongly encouraged” strike since early February, and all classes and undergraduate lot of attention from people who Education Abroad Program has 3 Travel Advisory, which means students to return home, although UCSC Chancellor Cynthia Larive students to walk out of any weren’t really paying attention suspended its spring study abroad “Avoid Nonessential Travel.” they can’t require students to do dismissed at least 54 of them classes that professors didn’t before,” he said, adding that programs in China, South Korea “Anytime that the CDC and so. from their Spring Quarter 2020 cancel. Organizers are also asking hundreds of people have attended and Italy amidst concerns about the Department of State have a Additionally, Edmond said it appointments last Friday, sparking participants to wear all black. UCLA COLA rallies. the spreading coronavirus. Travel Advisory Alert at a Level was dependent on a student’s outrage across the UC system. “There is an ever growing Fisher, as GSA president, said While the China study abroad 3, we are required by UC policy home UC campus whether the UCSB graduate students number of students who are he presented the UCLA COLA program was cancelled at the end to suspend programs,” said Myla student could enroll in spring began their own full strike last ready to strike and who are demands to UCLA Chancellor of January, the South Korea and Edmond, University of California quarter courses once they Thursday; at UC Davis, graduate prepared to strike,” Zak Fisher, Gene Block on Feb. 21. But beyond Italy programs were cancelled last Education Abroad Program returned, which would also vary students began a grading strike UC Los Angeles’ Graduate that, he said he hasn’t seen much week as more cases of the virus (UCEAP) spokesperson. depending on when the programs on Feb. 27, meaning they are Student Association president, of a response from the chancellor. were confirmed across the globe. In total, 350 students across the were suspended. withholding Winter Quarter 2020 told the Nexus. Fisher attributed “Why is it that it’s the ‘number Currently, these are the only UC system have been affected by Frances Woo, a third-year three programs that have been these three program suspensions, grades. They will continue to this sentiment not only to the COLA Shutdown p.5 UCEAP Cancelled p.5 UAW 2865 Members To Vote in Primary April About Striking Over Unfair Elections 2020: Practice Charges Against the UC Hartmann Takes Katherine Swartz withholding Fall Quarter 2019 Tentative Lead, University News Editor grades at UC Santa Cruz. “Every member of the union United Auto Workers Local will soon have the chance to Weak Showing 2865, the union that represents democratically vote on whether teaching assistants across the UC or not we can hold a strike. If system, announced Monday its approved, this action would be for Abboud bargaining team unanimously statewide, and could affect every voted for all union members department at the University of Arturo Martinez Rivera vote early and vote by mail. So across the state to vote on whether California,” UAW 2865 President County News Editor the fact that I was not behind was or not to authorize an unfair Kavitha Iyengar said in a press a very good [start] for the rest of labor practice strike against the release. As primary election polls closed the [race],” Hartmann said in an University of California, further As the COLA movement grows across the country on Tuesday interview with the Nexus. escalating tensions between the across the UC, graduate students night, Isla Vista residents tensely In response to the early tie, university and the union over have emphasized that their actions awaited results for local races, Porter said, “We were deeply the cost-of-living adjustment are a “wildcat” strike, meaning including for the 3rd District gratified and honored by the movement sweeping the UC that they are striking without supervisor seat, 37th District State support we’ve received in early system. the approval of their union and Assembly seat, 19th District State results. We believe that our United Auto Workers (UAW) contract, which was negotiated by Senate seat and 24th District message of Independence and Local 2865 filed formal charges UAW in 2018 and expires in 2022. House of Representatives seat. commitment to bringing a new against the UC with California UC President Janet Napolitano The race for the 3rd District voice to all residents resonated Public Employment Relations wrote on Feb. 14 to UCSC faculty supervisor seat saw a close deeply with voters.” Board (PERB), alleging that the that the University of California start between incumbent Joan As the night went on and UC has committed multiple unfair Office of the President (UCOP) Hartmann, a registered Democrat precincts began reporting results, labor practices in its response would not “re-open the agreement and challenger Bruce Porter, who Hartmann gained a strong lead as to the cost-of-living adjustment or negotiate a separate side-letter.” ran with no party in the recent Porter began to fall behind. With (COLA) movement. On Feb. 24, the UC Regents election. The vote-by-mail and 21 of the 49 precincts reporting In the complaints, UAW 2865 filed an Unfair Practice Charge mailed ballot results showed as of midnight on March 4, alleged that the UC attempted against UAW. Since the UC Hartmann and Porter nearly tied, Hartmann had 51.77% of the to bargain for a COLA with system is a public institution, all with 43.79% and 43.34% of the vote, Porter had 35.81% and Jones individuals and groups instead of labor disputes go through PERB vote, respectively. Karen Jones followed with 6.8%. the union. It also alleged that the when one party in a state labor lagged behind, with 7.78% of the When the county released the UC went outside of the collective contract alleges another of unfair vote. semi-official results, Hartmann bargaining agreement with UAW practice. “We know that as a general rule, maintained her lead with 52.26% by firing teaching assistants for UC/UAW Grievances p.3 LEONARD PAULASA / DAILY NEXUS Republicans and conservatives Elections Recap p.4 SPORTS ARTSWEEK SCIENCE & TECH A Men’s Basketball Aspires To Find Out the Winner of this Year’s A Hail Mary for the Monarch LOOK Secure 2nd Place Battle of the Bands Butterfl y INSIDE PAGE6 PAGE8 PAGE11 2 Thursday, March 5, 2020 News Daily Nexus The Daily Nexus is published Daily Nexus. 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