The union that represents lecturers at UCLA is calling on University of California President Michael Drake to continue contract negotiations to increase job stability for lecturers.
University Council-American Federation of Teachers Local 1990, which has been in contract negotiations with the UC since April 2019, organized a car caravan protest Monday in front of UC Regent George Kieffer’s Brentwood home. Dozens of protesters drove around Kieffer’s neighborhood for about an hour, honking their horns and yelling into a microphone, urging Kieffer to address the crowd and relay their demands to Drake.
Members of other UC labor unions also attended the protest in solidarity with UC-AFT, including the United Auto Workers Local 2865, which represents student workers – primarily graduate students – and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, which represents laborers, such as service and patient care workers.