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If one were to summarize UC President Janet Napolitano’s first few months on the job in the form of a question, it would go something like this: Is there an inequity problem at the university? Within the past few months, we have seen more and more California leaders posing this
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While Americans don’t seem to agree on much these days, there has been a growing public consensus on the issue of reforming public employee pensions. Virtually no one thinks “public servants” should be receiving taxpayer-subsidized payouts as large as $300,000 per year for life when they are no longer working.
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This week, UC administrators have pushed an estimated 13,000 UC medical center patient-care workers, members of AFSCME 3299, into a two-day strike. It’s important to be clear on what this is all about: patient care. Taxpayers help fund UC hospitals — facilities that bank hundreds of millions in profits each
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As the people who cook, clean and care for you and your campus, the work we do is essential to UC’s ability to provide you with a world-class education. Our work isn’t glamorous, but the purpose of our work is to support you — our future — and we take
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