A coalition of undergraduates and graduate students have allied around an effort to broaden the ambit of COLA demands, resulting in a campus-wide campaign for #COLA4all that would address the shared struggle for survival. Graduate students have turned university-sanctioned governance structures like the Graduate Students Association (GSA) into a vehicle for the COLA campaign. These efforts have united graduate students, undergraduates, and service workers across campus. Organizers at Santa Cruz have mobilized across a variety of groups around one key demand for a COLA. This contract was rejected by 83% of the unit at Santa Cruz, who are experiencing a drastic increase in cost of living primarily driven by sky-rocketing housing prices. A contentious contract was put in place by the statewide union (UAW) in 2018 that bound all UC campuses to a no-strike clause. A wave of militant action has gripped the campus at UC Santa Cruz, resulting in a spate of wildcat actions based in the demand for a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA).
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