Tim Gutierrez -- Organizer for UAW 2865, UCD TA Union

Tim Gutierrez, local organizer for UAW 2865, the TA union, discusses workers rights at the University of California with union member and co-host Danielle Fodor on 21 April 2006.

Learn how union organizing for teacher's assistants within the University of California have resulted in better working conditions, as well as answers to the following questions: Why did the UC Davis TA union extend its contact without renegotiation this year? How is the union addressing organizing challenges at UC Davis? What recourse to TAs have to address employment issues? What responsibilities does the TA union have to uniting with other movements?

Website information on the union at www.uaw2865.org, or get involved by emailing [e-mail].