Supporters hoped to preserve current contract provisions, like working hour limitations and fee remissions, while fighting for additional benefits such as increasing child care subsidies and assisting with the cost of campus parking. Read More…
The ASUC Senate didn’t waste any time at the start of the school year, already preparing to debate a bill that expresses the senate has “no confidence” in Janet Napolitano’s new role as UC president. Read More…
About 150 workers and students gathered on Sproul Plaza Wednesday afternoon to rally in support of workers’ and immigrants’ rights.
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The UC SHIP Advisory Board met Monday to weigh options on the controversial health care coverage cap issue Read More…
Protesters prepared for a protest at Mission Bay planned for the Regents meeting Thursday. The group set up a half dozen tents on Koret Quad that served as overnight shelter as well as a symbol of last year’s university occupations. Read More…
About 200 UC Berkeley students, faculty members and clerical workers gathered on Upper Sproul Plaza around noon to protest recent tuition increases and the management of UC funds.
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Last week, Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed legislation that would have given the University of California’s more than 14,000 graduate student research assistants the same rights that other UC employees have under the Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act. These rights include the freedom to form a union if a majority of Read More…
A rally is planned on campus Thursday in opposition to potential tuition hikes at the University of California and in support of workers’ rights across the UC system.
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The California State Senate approved a bill last Thursday that, if signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, would grant collective bargaining rights to graduate student research assistants at the state’s public universities. The bill would extend an 1979 act that gave university employees the right to collectively bargain to apply to Read More…
The recently released details of the California state budget indicate that while there will be no immediate effect on UC student tuition, the Cal Grant system will experience a 5 percent decrease on some grants. Read More…