UAW 4811 Statement on Recent Direct Action

Last Wednesday, some individuals from the UCLA campus community staged a protest at the home of UC Regent Jay Sures. Local 4811 has a proud history of engaging in nonviolent direct action to enforce our rights, and we struck last year to protect members’ rights to free speech and protest in the workplace. However, the rhetoric and tactics from last week’s action are divisive, corrosive, and fail to meet our current political moment. Local 4811 members are focused on standing together with academic workers across the country to beat back the Trump Administration’s attacks on workers, higher education, and publicly funded research.