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Saturday, March 1, 2014

Why AWDU's model is winning contract negotiations

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If you have not yet read my previous post about the struggle in the UAW 2865 between two models of unionism please check out "Why Paych...
Tuesday, February 25, 2014

University-Banking Complex

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On the University-Banking Complex (Loosely based on a speech I gave in the bargaining room at UC Davis during UC/UAW contract negotiatio...
Monday, February 24, 2014

The Invisible Violence of UC Labor Relations

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The Invisible Violence of UC Labor Relations (Based on a speech given during UC/UAW contract negotiations bargaining session at UC Davi...
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

About class size as a working condition

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The UC Student-Worker Union UAW 2865 has brought a proposal to UC management that would give Teaching Assistants, who are the front line ed...
Monday, December 9, 2013

On the "Dialogue with the Chancellor"

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On December 8, 2013 Chancellor Katehi and other top administrators held a "Dialog with the Chancellor" about issues of diversity a...

UCD Pepper Spray: State of the UC Two Years Later

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This is a (version of a) speech I gave at the 2nd anniversary of the UC Davis Pepper Spray incident on November 18th 2013 on the UC Davis qu...
Sunday, November 24, 2013

Speech - UAW 2865 Contract Negotiations 2013 Opening Remarks

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This was originally read at the first UAW/UC bargaining session at UC Berkeley in July 2013. ------------------ My name is Duane Wright. ...

Why Calculus Won't Bring Social Justice: The false consciousness of the intellectual class

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Background on the AFSCME 3299 ULP strike and UAW 2865 sympathy strike On November 20, 2013 my union, UC Student Worker Union UAW 2865, wen...
Saturday, November 23, 2013

Why Paycheck First is an Anti-Paycheck Strategy

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(Originally posted on Raises and Roses ) There are plenty of reasons to oppose Paycheck First’s narrative, ideology and strategy toward...