At tonight’s membership meeting, the recently elected Executive Board and Bargaining Committee members presented a report and plan on social justice and union culture. As a continuation and expansion of the Local’s work over the years to address systemic oppression, as well as in response to some member questions about things that have happened at recent membership meetings, this report proposes some new concrete plans for trainings and workshops to address these issues and help the union continue to serve all its members and create progressive change on campus and beyond.

We welcome your collaboration as we develop these plans in the coming weeks. Feel free to contact us at uaw4121@uaw4121.org with feedback, questions or ideas for improvement.

In Solidarity,

Theresa Aliwarga

Douglas Avella-Castro

Andrea Canini

Anthony Castanza

Ying-Yu Chen

Monica Cortes Viharo

Toni Ferro

Kristen Garofali

Arshiya Hoseyni Chime

Katya Kolesova

Dylan Mayer

Elizabeth Mills

Chelsea Pagan

David Parsons

Michelle Pham

Shua Sanchez

Viral Shah

Sam Sumpter

Arash Tarkhan