UCOP reaches tentative agreement with academic researchers
The UC system announced Monday that it reached a tentative agreement with academic researchers in the United Auto Workers union.
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Category Archives: UC
UC-wide AQI report released with recommendations for campus responses
At Wednesday’s ASUC meeting, the UC Berkeley vice chancellor of administration announced the release of the new Air Quality Index UC systemwide report.
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Lawyers urge UC to eliminate standardized tests
In a letter addressed Tuesday to the UC Board of Regents, lawyers representing organizations such as the Compton Unified School District and the Community Coalition demanded that the UC system eliminate standardized tests as an admissions requirement.
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AFSCME Local 3299 files complaints against UC system
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 has filed six new complaints against the UC system.
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CA Gov. Newsom signs bill ensuring UC workers’ timely pay
California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed SB 698 into law, requiring the UC system to have the same wage and hour protections as private employers.
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UC Berkeley online GSIs petition for health insurance benefits, tuition remission
UC Berkeley School of Public Health students and workers have signed a petition supporting tuition remission, health insurance benefits for online GSIs.
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UC Board of Regents set to vote on tuition model in January
After the 2020-21 California budget proposal is released in January, the UC Board of Regents will vote on a flat-rate tuition model that has already garnered much criticism.
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UC President Janet Napolitano speaks at Tuesday’s town hall meeting
UC President Janet Napolitano spoke at the UC Office of the President, or UCOP, town hall on Tuesday — a quarterly meeting intended to address UCOP staff’s questions and concerns —reiterating her decision to step down on Aug. 1, 2020.
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Student Aid Improvement Act of 2019 ‘fails to address’ many student needs
Varsha Sarveshwar, the president of the UC Student Association, and Connor Strobel, the president of the UC Graduate and Professional Council, criticized the Student Aid Improvement Act of 2019 for failing to address many student priorities in a joint statement released Tuesday.
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UC files brief to Supreme Court challenging Trump’s 2017 DACA reversal
The UC system filed a brief to the Supreme Court, challenging the Trump administration’s 2017 decision to rescind Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.
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