VOLUME 52, ISSUE 28
MONDAY, MAY 20, 2019
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AFSCME Strikes for the Fifth Time this Year By TYLER faurot senior staff writer
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he American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, the largest employee union representing workers in the University of California system, organized protests across all 10 UC campuses and some medical centers on May 16. This was the fifth strike in a year against the university’s labor practices. The most immediate reason for the strikes is the recent filing of three more Unfair Labor Practice charges against the UC Board of Regents, which include allegations of outsourcing and a failure to bargain with the union. One of the three most recent complaints alleges that the UC system refused to bargain over a proposed decision to contract work away from major bargaining unit workers. According to the filings, by refusing and failing to meet with the union, the UC System broke California State Government Code Section 3571. These complaints are currently being investigated by California’s Public Employee Relations Board, a quasi-judicial agency that mediates the implementation of labor codes. “PERB should compel the university to cease and desist from proceeding with a plan to contract out bargaining unit work, restore the status quo — and if the university proceeds over the union’s objection — to make whole the affected employees and bargaining units by restoring the value of all work lost as a result of the university’s unlawful conduct,” one of the complaints read. At UC San Diego union members marched in front of Geisel Library while rallies were held outside the medical centers in East Campus and Hillcrest. In addition to AFSCME
and University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 union members, members and representatives from the San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council as well as the San Diego Building and Construction Trades Council rallied in solidarity. “It’s been over two years of bargaining, and what they bring to the table is 2-percent raises that don’t even keep up with the increased costs of food, gas, or rent and utilities,” Keith Maddox of the Labor Council said as he addressed the crowd. “On top of that, they want to outsource your jobs. Hundreds of millions of dollars of outsourcing is what they’re proposing. One in six jobs [are] already being outsourced. If it isn’t your job, it will be tomorrow.” UC spokesperson Claire Doan contests that the UC administration has made attempts to bargain and that it is the union that refuses to come to the table. “Despite more than 30 days of bargaining sessions and multiple competitive proposals put forth by UC over the past two years,” Doan wrote in an email statement. “AFSCME leaders have continually prevented members from voting — and deciding for themselves — whether they believe the university’s offer is fair.” Maddox offered an alternative view of the situation, asking Thursday’s crowd, “What good is coming to the table if they’re just going to take your jobs?” Doan also suggested that the continued strike activity is a leverage tactic. “Five disruptive strikes since last May — including three in the past several months — come at a cost to patients, students, and
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UCSD Coalition Advocates on Behalf of Non-Resident Students The group of students traveled to Regent’s meeting to voice their concerns on the non-resident tuition increase. BY jacob sutherland
News Editor A coalition of non-resident UC San Diego students traveled to the UC Board of Regents meeting on May 15 to advocate against the 2.6-percent tuition increase, which was ultimately approved through a vote the following day. This new increase will raise nonresident supplemental tuition fees by $762 from the current
$14,496 for undergraduates and $7,551 for graduate students, amounting to an estimated $28.9 million in new revenue for the 2019-20 school year. The increase was initially proposed at the Regents meeting in March, but the board decided to table it due to fierce opposition from the University of California Student Association and some of the Regents. Incoming Associated Students
President Eleanor Grudin, incoming John Muir College Vice President Internal Affairs Corliss Lam, incoming Muir Vice President External Affairs Pankhuri Prasad, and incoming Warren Student Council President Elizabeth Niculescu, who are all either out-of-state or international students, attended the meeting to advocate against See TUITION, page 3
The UC San Diego Antiviral Research Center is recruiting transgender and non-binary individuals for a study that provides Truvada for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to participants at no cost. According to principal investigator Dr. Sheldon Morris, the study was started over a year ago due to a need for more knowledge in PrEP with transgender individuals. PrEP is classified as the use of drugs to prevent HIV, a disease commonly found in LGBTQ populations, in people who have yet to be exposed to it. The only drug approved for PrEP is Truvada, which is a combination pill of emtricitabine and tenofovir, according to Morris. “These drugs block viral replication,” Morris said to the UCSD Guardian. “Evidence shows that if people are taking that medicine, it can prevent the infection from happening. There is very high efficacy; if people take it four times a week, they can get up to a 95 percent protection from HIV. If taken everyday, it’s close to 100 percent.” According to Morris, the transgender PrEP study is funded through the California HIV Research Program. One of the main concerns was the use of hormones for gender-affirming reasons and whether that might influence drug levels in transgender and nonbinary individuals. “When PrEP was first approved, we had a project where we implemented it on 400 men who have sex with other men,” Morris said. “We tried to include transgender participants but we had very low enrollment. Even when you go back to the original studies with Gilead Sciences, there were very few transgender individuals. So, our study was born out of a need for more experience with that and to answer specific questions about drug interaction.” There are multiple studies on Truvada for PrEP in California, according to Morris. “Two other groups in the Bay Area are also conducting a similar study,” Morris said. “I represent Southern California where there are three sites in Los Angeles and two sites in San Diego.” To be considered for the study, participants must identify as transgender or non-binary, be at least 18 years old, and test negative for HIV. Eligible participants do not have to currently be sexually active and can already be on PrEP. According to its website, the study involves six visits over a oneyear period, HIV and STI testing at no cost, daily text reminders to take PrEP, and a survey about participants’ sexual health. Participants will also receive monetary compensation of up to $275. Anyone who is interested should call (619) 543-8080 or email prepstudy@ucsd.edu and ask for the “Transgender PrEP study.”