11/21/2025
To: UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk
CC: Monroe Gordon, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs
Steve Lurie, Associate Vice Chancellor for Campus and Community Safety
Anthony Solana, Jr., UCLA Employee and Labor Relations
Subject: End Arrests at Protected Labor Actions
Two rights are ironclad in California: the right of organized labor to strike when contract negotiations fail and the right of citizens to speak freely in public. This week, the University of California violated both.
Four UCLA undergraduate students were arrested by university police on Tuesday while picketing in support of AFSCME 3299’s protected strike. Two UCLA graduate student members of UAW 4811 were detained by university police on Wednesday at a union action about contract violations and labor cuts.
We demand the University of California immediately cease and desist from arresting union members and their supporters during actions protected by the First Amendment and California labor law, and that UC leadership ensure none of the six students face criminal charges or student disciplinary proceedings.
Drop all charges - legal and disciplinary.
Signed,
AFSCME 3299
UAW 4811
Teamsters Local 2010
UPTE CWA 9119
UCLA Faculty Association
UCLA Chapter of University Council - AFT
Undergraduate Students Association Office of the President
Undergraduate Students Association Office of the Internal Vice President
Undergraduate Students Association Office of the External Vice President
Undergraduate Students Association Office of General Representative 2
Undergraduate Students Association Office of General Representative 3
Undergraduate Students Association Cultural Affairs Commission
Undergraduate Students Association Office of the Transfer Student Representative
UC-AFT Local 1474
UC San Diego Chapter of University Council – AFT
UC Berkeley Faculty Association
UC Irvine Faculty Association
UC Merced Faculty Association
UC Riverside Faculty Association
UC San Diego Faculty Association
UC San Francisco Faculty Association
UC Santa Barbara Faculty Association
