We noted a few days ago that UCLA has received some bad PR as a result of the posting of a job ad that seemed to include work for no pay.* On the other hand, it got some good PR for a implementing a new policy of providing menstrual products in campus restrooms. True, in doing so, the university was complying with a state law. However, the state law takes effect at a future date, and the university is implementing the law now.
From the Bruin:
UCLA will provide free menstrual products in bathrooms across campus, becoming the first University of California campus to do so. Beginning April 4,** university restrooms will be supplied with complimentary menstrual products in an effort to improve the well-being of individuals on campus, according to a campuswide email sent Thursday. The California Menstrual Equity for All Act of 2021, previously signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in October, will require all state public universities to provide free menstrual products in restrooms beginning with the 2022-2023 school year...
Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2022/03/19/ucla-to-provide-free-menstrual-products-in-bathrooms-throughout-campus.
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*http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2022/03/there-actually-is-such-thing-as-bad.html.
**As the photo above shows, some restrooms already have the products in place. (If you're wondering, the photo was taken by yours truly in a "gender-neutral" restroom.)
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