NPR feat. UCSD community members

On May 5th, a group of UAW affiliates walked on stage at a UC San Diego awards ceremony and disrupted the scheduled events. Why you ask? They were bringing to light the failings of the university administration to uphold the union contract they brokered as a result of the UAW strike of 2022. As a result of this demonstration, 67 graduate students are now facing disciplinary action.

This week, we speak with two UCSD community members about their ongoing struggle. Alex is a graduate student researcher studying cancer genomics at UCSD and a member of the UAW local 2865 academic workers union. Wendy is faculty member at UCSD and part of executive board of San Diego Faculty Association that endorsed the faculty solidarity letter that now 299 signatures (over 100 from UCSD) calling for the withdrawal of the charges.