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Nov 30 • 3 tweets • 2 min read
For those that missed it there was just an hours-long caucus with 200+ disabled UAW2865 workers begging our bargaining team not to sell us out on the Access Needs article & stay strong against UC’s bad faith bargaining & ableism #UCAccessNow #FairUCNow (1/
Worker after worker shared their horrific experiences with ableism at the UC and explained how we need this article. It was an incredible, intersectional showing of community care and love. The BT votes at 7 about whether to sacrifice us.

I hope they heard us. (2/2)
Addendum: here is a statement from the UAW Disability Justice Committee (along with @AccessUc helped compose these articles) about why we need to stay in solidarity with disabled workers docs.google.com/document/d/1aG…

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“...there will be very limited remote course offerings, so it may be appropriate to take a leave of absence for fall if circumstances related to COVID-19 impact a student’s ability to attend class in person.” UCD committed to culture of exclusion! @DisInHigherEd (1/6)
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