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Nathaniel Whitfield

Stage Directions (UAW 2865) is a two-channel video stemming from a series of workshops held with the UCLA graduate student workers union (UAW). In these workshops performative and pedagogical exercises facilitated a dialogue around precarious work, organizational structures, inherited narratives and how these terrains play host to performances of power. Special thanks to the workshop participants: Gaby Barrios Michael Dean Ethan Hill Jonathan Koch Yunyi Li And the wider community of members and organizers of UAW 2865. Please find more information on the Union at their website: https://uaw2865.org/ UAW 2865 is the union that represents all 19,000+ Academic Student Employees—Teaching Assistants, Graduate Student Instructors, Tutors, and Readers—across the University of California system. Together, we collectively bargain for better working conditions and work together for a workplace free from racism, sexism, and all forms of oppression. Help build a democratic, equitable, and inclusive university: join your union today!

Stage Directions (UAW 2865) is a two-channel video stemming from a series of workshops held with the UCLA graduate student workers union (UAW). In these workshops performative and pedagogical exercises facilitated a dialogue around precarious work, organizational structures, inherited narratives and how these terrains play host to performances of power.

Special thanks to the workshop participants:

Gaby Barrios
Michael Dean
Ethan Hill
Jonathan Koch
Yunyi Li

And the wider community of members and organizers of UAW 2865.

Please find more information on the Union at their website: https://uaw2865.org/

UAW 2865 is the union that represents all 19,000+ Academic Student Employees—Teaching Assistants, Graduate Student Instructors, Tutors, and Readers—across the University of California system. Together, we collectively bargain for better working conditions and work together for a workplace free from racism, sexism, and all forms of oppression.
Help build a democratic, equitable, and inclusive university: join your union today!

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