“What we need is to be able to create those networks of care. We need to find ways to take care of each other in the organizing process–to have that really be the center of the work, or at least a real serious base for it.”
“United Teachers Los Angeles was profoundly influenced by Jane McAlevey…. If the loving and assertive push was her trademark, then thinking audaciously big was its complement. To win structural change, Jane knew we needed strong locals—with strong, strategic national unions and powerful international solidarity.”
Many of us have seen the attacks against student protestors over the last month on campuses like UCLA and others by both the police and right wing Zionists, attempting to disrupt their right to peaceful protest. This led to a wave of stand-up strikes against unfair labor practices of unionized student workers represented by UAW Local 4811 across the University of California system. As a result, legal actions have gone back and forth in state courts attempting to force an end to the strike without meeting unionized worker demands. As this story continues to unfold, we are joined this episode by President of UAW Local 4811, Rafael Jaime, to tell the full story of how we got to this moment, hopes for reaching student worker demands, and where things go next.
