United Student Labor Action Coaliton (USAS Local 619) at UCSD

Service & Changemaking Category
Academic Year
2023
Purpose
USAS at the University of California, San Diego is dedicated to building union power and promoting worker’s rights by waging local and international labor campaigns on our campus. Other struggles we are committed to include: immigrant rights, undoing institutionalized racism, increasing diversity in higher education, lower tuition, combating other forms of oppression in the labor market, changing people’s consumption practices to promote social justice and lobbying in support of working-class issues. In order to maximize our impact in building union and student power on campus, USAS at the University of California, San Diego is a non-partisan, inclusive, “big-tent” organization. In building union power and acting in solidarity with workers, USAS at the University of California, San Diego works in conjunction with elected leaders of labor organizations. As an official affiliate of national United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS), USAS at the University of California, San Diego agrees to uphold the following national USAS “Principles of Unity”: 1. We work in solidarity with working people's struggles. In order to best accomplish this and in recognition of the interconnections between local and global struggles, we strive to build relationships with other progressive movements and cooperate in coalition with other groups struggling for justice within all communities— campus, local, regional, and international. 2. We struggle against racism, sexism, homophobia, classism, and other forms of oppression within our society, within our organizations, and within ourselves. Not only are we collectively confronting these prejudices as inherent defects of the global economy which creates sweatshops, but we also recognize the need for individuals to confront the prejudices they have internalized as the result of living and learning in a flawed and oppressive society. 3. We are working in coalition to build a grassroots student movement that challenges corporate power and that fights for economic justice. This coalition is loosely defined, thus we strive to act in coordination with one another to mobilize resources and build a national network while reserving the autonomy of individuals and campuses. We do not impose a single ideological position, practice, or approach; rather, we aim to support one another in a spirit of respect for difference, shared purpose and hope. 4. We strive to act democratically. With the understanding that we live and learn in a state of imperfect government, we attempt to achieve truer democracy in making decisions which affect our collective work. Furthermore, we strive to empower one another as individuals and as a collective through trust, patience, and an open spirit.
Created
12/4/2023
Status

Current

Organization Type
Undergraduate
Organization Email
ucsdusas@gmail.com
Social Media
IG: ucsdusas
United Student Labor Action Coaliton (USAS Local 619) at UCSD Principal Members
Anita Sunaysun@ucsd.edu
Nicole Levnle@ucsd.edu
Jonathan Chavezjcchavez@ucsd.edu
Tanvi Nareddulatnareddula@ucsd.edu
Drew Migitadmigita@ucsd.edu
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CSI Advisor

Kaylee Howard 
Kaylee Howard
Student Organizations Advisor & Program Manager
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