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Non-tenured faculty begin 2-day labor strike at University of San Diego
San Diego Union-Tribune
The roughly 200 teachers from the College of Arts and Sciences started daylong picketing at 7 a.m. Non-tenure track (NTT) faculty members in the University of San Diego’s College of Arts and Sciences, who are members of SEIU Local 721, along with other faculty and students marched through the school during an unfair labor practice strike on Wednesday, May 7, 2025.
Unionized Fast Food Workers Rally at LA City Hall
MyNewsLA
Among other findings of the report, CHIRLA and the California Fast Food Workers Union, a group formed by SEIU Local 721, found: 67% of workers surveyed worried about their immigration status and were at greater risk of being cheated out of their pay; 94% of workers did not know about benefits and programs were available to them; 63% of workers did not know they have rights to file complaints related to workplace safety hazards, wage theft, harassment and discrimination; and 77% of workers said they feared their immigration status would deter assistance related to workplace injuries.