rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/uaw-undergraduate-letter-of-support?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-uaw-undergraduate-letter-of-support' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Cal YDSA https://actionnetwork.org/groups/cal-ydsa-2 https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg UAW members' working conditions are our learning conditions. These workers are the people who are teaching many of our lessons and providing feedback on our work. They are the first people we go to with questions and their support is essential to our ability to learn. UAW members are indispensable to our learning, and the quality of our education is directly dependent on their labor being valued. A university which is invested in providing a high quality education to its students is a university that pays its workers well and supports them professionally. A fair wage is essential to drawing a robust, diverse group of graduate students; without this, the university is limiting the perspectives of those we are learning from to those who can afford to work for less than a living wage. UAW members cannot show up fully to their work when they are not being paid a wage which keeps up with a rapidly increasing cost of living in the Bay Area, when they are struggling to make rent or afford necessities, when they are not being supported in their roles as caretakers, or when they are not being protected from bullying or harassment in the workplace. In order to ensure that workers are supported, the university must bargain in good faith and come to an agreement on a fair contract for UAW members. As undergraduate students at this university, we stand in solidarity with UAW members in their demands for wages that keep up with cost of living, access to public transportation, equity in the workplace, better job security, and protection from bullying or harassment. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/uaw-undergraduate-letter-of-support