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Live Updates: Community Reacts to Encampment Clearing, Release of 64 Arrestees

UC San Diego’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter established a “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” outside the Student Health and Wellness Center along Library Walk Wednesday shortly before noon. The encampment joined a nationwide movement across university campuses demanding divestment from Israel. In a post on Instagram, SJP at UCSD shared the following demands: “1. […]

Posted inCampus, Labor, News

Live Updates: UCSD Academic Workers Go on Strike

United Auto Workers (UAW) 4811 members went on strike Monday, June 3 at UC San Diego over the University of California’s response to pro-Palestine demonstrations. The union consists of a total of 48,000 teaching assistants, readers, tutors, student researchers, postdocs, and academic researchers, 8,000 of whom work for UC San Diego. Among their reasoning for […]

Posted inCampus, Local, News

Photo Essay: May 6 2024 Gaza Solidarity Encampment Clearing

Since May 1, The Triton’s staff had documented and reported  on the Gaza Solidarity Encampment that was set up on undeveloped land alongside the northern end of Library Walk. In a series of live updates, our staff reported peaceful protesting, community events, counter protest rallies, and the status of the University’s stance throughout the duration […]

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UAW 4811 Votes to Authorize Strike Over University’s Response to Encampments

United Auto Workers (UAW) 4811 voted to authorize a strike if unfair labor practice charges filed “in response to UC’s actions against peaceful protesters” remain unresolved. The unfair labor practice charges stem from multiple alleged violations by the UC system over pro-Palestine demonstrations at UC Los Angeles, UC Irvine, and UC San Diego, according to […]

Posted inCommunity Op-Eds, Opinion

Submission: Co-Op Union + KSDT Radio Statement

Opening Statement We – the UC San Diego Food Cooperative, General Store Cooperative, KSDT Radio, Che Cafe Collective, and Groundworks Books Collective – express our unequivocal solidarity with the Gaza Solidarity Encampment and condemn the violence used against students by the University of California San Diego Police, California Highway Patrol, and San Diego County Sheriff’s […]