Students, members of union speak to workers
In an effort to raise awareness of the low salaries and lack of
benefits for non-student ASUCLA workers, about 20 students joined
union members from the Association of State and Municipal Employees
in a march across campus Friday to support workers who want to join
the union.
The ASUCLA board of directors will discuss workers’ issues
at a meeting this Friday, according to AFSCME representative Brian
Rudiger.
Many workers have been wanting to do something for a while, said
Francisco Garcia, a first-year urban planning graduate student,
adding that workers have not done anything because of fear.
ASUCLA executive director Patricia Eastman was unavailable for
comment.
Students protest Philip Morris at career
fair
About 20 students protested in front of the Kraft table at the
Career Fair on Friday because of its association to the Philip
Morris tobacco industry.
The UC does not usually invest in tobacco-related companies,
said second-year international development studies student and
protester Eric Elocher. But Philip Morris still gives money to the
career center to recruit UCLA students, he added.
Students dispersed after about 20 minutes of protesting when a
UCPD official arrived on the scene. No arrests were made.
“Our officers got there after the fact,” said UCPD
director of community services Nancy Greenstein. “Students
also have the right to free speech.”
Many urban American Indians lack health
care
Urban American Indians, California’s fastest-growing
ethnic group, overwhelmingly lack medical insurance and access to
health services other ethnic groups often have, a UC Irvine College
of Medicine study found.
The study, focusing on the 70 percent of Native Americans in
California who don’t live on reservations, pointed to
procedural, cultural and educational barriers to health care.
Dr. Laura Williams, Dr. F. Allan Hubbell and their colleagues
found nearly 45 percent of the urban Indians surveyed lacked health
insurance. They also found that health services on reservations
from the U.S. Indian Health Service were nearly nonexistent in
urban areas, where most California American Indians live.
Reports from Daily Bruin wire services.