BERKELEY'S NEWS • NOVEMBER 20, 2023
AFSCME Local 3229
UC
MAY 20, 2020
Union research shows potential paths for UC budget without salary cuts
Local union researchers revealed findings Tuesday that indicate the UC system may be able to avoid austerity measures such as cutting salaries when dealing with the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
UC
MAY 20, 2020
Union research shows potential paths for UC budget without salary cuts
Local union researchers revealed findings Tuesday that indicate the UC system may be able to avoid austerity measures such as cutting salaries when dealing with the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Campus
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
Regents Policy 5402 aims to prohibit outsourcing, increase insourcing
After UC system employee complaints on outsourcing, Regents Policy 5402 went into effect Feb. 15, giving the UC system a one-year timeline to terminate unnecessary contracts with external suppliers.
Campus
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
Regents Policy 5402 aims to prohibit outsourcing, increase insourcing
After UC system employee complaints on outsourcing, Regents Policy 5402 went into effect Feb. 15, giving the UC system a one-year timeline to terminate unnecessary contracts with external suppliers.
Editorials
JANUARY 28, 2020
All AFSCME workers deserve contracts
Although AFSCME’s recent tentative agreement with the university gives only service workers a contract, it is a step in the right direction.
Editorials
JANUARY 28, 2020
All AFSCME workers deserve contracts
Although AFSCME’s recent tentative agreement with the university gives only service workers a contract, it is a step in the right direction.
Research & Ideas
SEPTEMBER 06, 2018
UC Berkeley Labor Center study finds 1 in 3 Californian workers has low-wage job
The Labor Center defines low-wage workers as those earning less than two-thirds of the median full-time wage in California. Workers making less than $14.35 per hour are considered “low-wage” workers. Roughly 4,900,000 people in California are earning low wages
Research & Ideas
SEPTEMBER 06, 2018
UC Berkeley Labor Center study finds 1 in 3 Californian workers has low-wage job
The Labor Center defines low-wage workers as those earning less than two-thirds of the median full-time wage in California. Workers making less than $14.35 per hour are considered “low-wage” workers. Roughly 4,900,000 people in California are earning low wages
Editorials
MAY 09, 2018
The UC needs to work with its workers to provide basic resources
The UC’s failure to act has led to U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California, backing out of speaking at UC Berkeley’s 2018 commencement ceremony. Although this news disappointed many graduating seniors, it has rightly elevated the urgency of this issue.
Editorials
MAY 09, 2018
The UC needs to work with its workers to provide basic resources
The UC’s failure to act has led to U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California, backing out of speaking at UC Berkeley’s 2018 commencement ceremony. Although this news disappointed many graduating seniors, it has rightly elevated the urgency of this issue.
UC
APRIL 04, 2018
‘Equal rights, equal pay’: UC labor union protests income inequality on 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s death
More than 400 workers, students and community members took to the streets Wednesday in a rally organized by AFSCME Local 3299 to protest widening racial and gender pay gaps in the UC workforce.
UC
APRIL 04, 2018
‘Equal rights, equal pay’: UC labor union protests income inequality on 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s death
More than 400 workers, students and community members took to the streets Wednesday in a rally organized by AFSCME Local 3299 to protest widening racial and gender pay gaps in the UC workforce.
Campus
MARCH 18, 2016
Subcontracted campus workers insourced as UC employees, ending speakers' boycott
After nearly seven months of campaigning, 69 previously subcontracted workers have officially been insourced as UC employees, ending an ongoing campus speakers’ boycott.
Campus
MARCH 18, 2016
Subcontracted campus workers insourced as UC employees, ending speakers' boycott
After nearly seven months of campaigning, 69 previously subcontracted workers have officially been insourced as UC employees, ending an ongoing campus speakers’ boycott.
City
MARCH 16, 2016
Berkeley City Council passes item in support of campus speakers' boycott
At its Tuesday meeting, Berkeley City Council adopted a resolution to support UC Berkeley’s subcontracted workers and endorse AFSCME Local 3299’s speakers’ boycott on campus.
City
MARCH 16, 2016
Berkeley City Council passes item in support of campus speakers' boycott
At its Tuesday meeting, Berkeley City Council adopted a resolution to support UC Berkeley’s subcontracted workers and endorse AFSCME Local 3299’s speakers’ boycott on campus.
Campus
MARCH 03, 2016
Student arrested, others cited at protest during event in Zellerbach Hall
Protesters took the stage during a campus event Wednesday evening held at Zellerbach Hall, resulting in one arrest and several other citations, according to UCPD spokesperson Sabrina Reich.
Campus
MARCH 03, 2016
Student arrested, others cited at protest during event in Zellerbach Hall
Protesters took the stage during a campus event Wednesday evening held at Zellerbach Hall, resulting in one arrest and several other citations, according to UCPD spokesperson Sabrina Reich.
UC
DECEMBER 16, 2013
UC reaches tentative agreement with health care, research and technical employees
After more than two years of bargaining, the University of California announced Sunday that it reached a tentative agreement on labor contracts for the system’s more than 12,000 researchers, technical employees and healthcare professionals.
UC
DECEMBER 16, 2013
UC reaches tentative agreement with health care, research and technical employees
After more than two years of bargaining, the University of California announced Sunday that it reached a tentative agreement on labor contracts for the system’s more than 12,000 researchers, technical employees and healthcare professionals.
