☪ | (dialectical and historical) materials scientist | @DemSocialists | statewide ase chair @uaw_4811
Berkeley, CA
Joined August 2020
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Los Angeles, I am deeply honored to be your next mayor.
I just spoke with Mayor Bass and expressed my deepest gratitude for her leadership and decades of service. Los Angeles would not be the city it is today without her.
I love this city. I believe in its people. The work ahead will be hard, and change will take time. And together, we are going to build a future as extraordinary as the city we call home.
Thank you, LA. Let’s get to work.
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Last year, a majority of tutors at the University of California signed up as dues-paying members of UAW 4811.
Last semester, thousands of us picketed across the state for a strong contract.
Yesterday, I got an $8/hour raise.
That's the power of a union. #uaw #1u
ALT Workers picket in front of Sather Tower at the University of California, Berkeley.
Forks up
JD Vance: "Some of America's most elite universities bring in foreigners to undercut the wages of American residents. There are 9 universities in particular that we believe merit an investigation. Those are Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Brown, the University of Pittsburg, UC Davis, Cal Tech, Arizona State, and MIT."
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DSA has a historic opportunity to disrupt the corporations that have hijacked LA politics by endorsing Nithya Raman for Mayor and Marissa Roy as City Attorney—intervening on the side of labor. That’s the case made by UNITE HERE Local 11 leaders and DSA-LA members Juan Muñoz-Guevara (@JuanForLynwood) & Mary Entoma, UAW leader & DSA-LA member Aya Konishi, and Socialist in Office Estefany Alejandra Castañeda (@southbaystef). In this Geese exclusive, this collective of electeds and union leaders make the case that the Raman endorsement is an opportunity for DSA-LA to become a serious force in labor’s biggest fight yet — the 2028 moment.
READ:
geesemag.com/articles/the-bi…
If this idiot had his way, postdocs would still be making $18k a year (like many did at UC before the postdocs won their first union!) while him and his friends worked them 80 hours a week, dangled their visas and career prospects over their head, and stole all the credit.
Opinion | Postdocs Aren’t Burger Flippers: Why Unionization Is a Bad Idea
Unionization disrupts the bespoke mentor-mentee relationships that are central to the advancement of science. By Evan D. Morris: bit.ly/3UZ6KTO
ALT A drawing of a god-like hand, inspired by Michelangelo's painting in the Sistine Chapel, pointing to a sign, "Talk to the Union Rep: Local 1508."
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When billionaires and corporate PACs poured $50M+ into Michigan, @AbdulElSayed and UAW members proved that our democracy belongs to the people.
my dawg is gonna win the primary tonight!
From Michigan to the West Coast, working people are fighting the same fight. That’s why UAW members are proud to stand by @AbdulElSayed for Michigan.
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Two former United Auto Workers organizers make the case for what they call a “leadership density” union organizing model.
That model was central to recent UAW breakthroughs, and we should accept no substitutes in similar campaigns. jacobin.com/2026/04/labor-st…
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Across America, science and math research is being slashed by the Trump administration. As a University of California alum, I support SB 895 to counter this, funding science research across California institutions. See link below (link not in OP to avoid annoying deboosting).
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“Because tens of thousands of ASEs organized, took action, and stood together, we won a tentative agreement that sets a new standard for higher ed contracts across the country."
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ALT Members of United Auto Workers’ UC units stand outside Royce Hall at a picket on Thursday. The UC reached tentative agreements with three UAW units that had threatened to strike, the units announced Friday. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
