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<span class="m-753190959691055159normaltextrun">Dear Campus Community, </span><span class="m-753190959691055159eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="m-753190959691055159normaltextrun"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="m-753190959691055159normaltextrun">Academic appointees represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW) are holding peaceful demonstrations on the UC Riverside campus today related to union negotiations between the UAW and the University of California.
Bargaining took place throughout the weekend and continues today. We are hopeful that progress is being made toward a resolution.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="m-753190959691055159eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="m-753190959691055159normaltextrun">Information about the negotiations, the strike, and potential impacts to campus operations is available here:
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://insideucr.ucr.edu/announcements/2022/11/14/updates-uaw-strike" target="_blank"><span class="m-753190959691055159normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://insideucr.ucr.edu/announcements/2022/11/14/updates-uaw-strike</span></span></a></span><span class="m-753190959691055159normaltextrun">.
Please check this site regularly for new updates.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="m-753190959691055159normaltextrun"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="m-753190959691055159normaltextrun">The contributions of these academic appointees are critically important to the research and instructional mission of our university, and we hope for an agreement soon. During the strike, it is especially important
that all members of our campus community adhere to our <a href="https://chancellor.ucr.edu/sits/default/files/2019-01/community.pdf">
Principles of Community</a> and treat one another with respect.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="m-753190959691055159normaltextrun"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="m-753190959691055159normaltextrun">We will continue to keep you posted on these developments as we receive new information.
</span><span class="m-753190959691055159eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Liz Watkins<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor<o:p></o:p></p>
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