More than 60 workers protested Friday afternoon in front of the UC Office of the President in Oakland after the University of California decided to implement its latest wage and pension offer for service employees. Read More…
On Tuesday, the labor union AFSCME 3299, which represents around 21,000 UC workers, announced that they will vote over whether to go on strike in response to the alleged intimidation of workers by the university during strikes earlier this summer. Read More…
While many government agencies have ceased to operate in the wake of the federal government shutdown, UC campuses have been spared from most immediate impacts — at least in the short run. Read More…
On behalf of the university and city police departments, we would like to welcome you back to UC Berkeley and to the city of Berkeley. Our two police departments are working closely to ensure your safety on and off campus. Teams of university and city police officers work jointly to Read More…
An administrative efficiency program to improve the UC system’s fiscal policies has already saved the UC a total of over $400 million over the last three years. Read More…
With the start of a new school year comes a fresh start. With a new chancellor and new football coach at UC Berkeley and even a new UC president, a turnover in UC leadership gives us hope during a tumultuous time for public higher education in California. The main goal Read More…
Everyone should be able to retire with dignity with a pension after a lifetime of work. Productivity has increased dramatically over the last 30 years, but most of this increased income has gone to the top 1 percent of earners. At the same time, these earners in the top 1 Read More…
UC Berkeley economics professor Martha Olney and her wife have been together for 30 years but during all that time she has been unable to extend her UC health benefits to her wife without paying taxes on the cost of those benefits. Read More…
The University of California released its 2012 payroll report on Wednesday, which showed that funding from state and educational fees continues to go down while compensation for UC employees remains below market. The total UC payroll of roughly $10.6 billion in 2011 grew to $11.2 billion in 2012. The highest source of Read More…
The 2012 gross salaries of more than 191,000 career faculty and staff employees, as well as part-time, temporary and student employees are disclosed in a searchable database on the UC website. Read More…