‘Polite but persistent, fierce but friendly’: UC Berkeley alumna, activist Margy Wilkinson dies at 76
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Longtime city activist and UC Berkeley alumna Margy Wilkinson died Saturday at the age of 76.
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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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A more perfect union: How 7 UC Berkeley faculty members changed history through unionizing almost 50 years ago
They voted to form an AFT council specific to the University of California, creating the University Council-AFT, which currently represents more than 3,300 librarians and non-Academic Senate faculty members such as lecturers, has staff on all 10 UC campuses and continues to enter into regular negotiations with the UC Office of the President, or UCOP, over salaries, job security, job roles and more.
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UC lecturers push for job security in contract negotiations
Faculty from UC campuses across the state pushed for greater job stability in negotiations between the University Council-American Federation of Teachers, or UC-AFT, and the UC Office of the President, or UCOP, at UC Berkeley on Wednesday.
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UC workers union strikes for improved contract, workers’ rights
Members of the UC American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, or AFSCME, Local 3299 labor union gathered at the entrance of Sproul Plaza on Wednesday to strike in response to contract negotiations and UC’s alleged interference with workers’ rights.
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AFSCME Local 3299 files unfair labor practice charge against UC
UC system workers will hold a strike April 10 after filing an unfair labor practice charge alleging that the UC system has taken unfair action against workers who have been involved in protesting and striking in the past.
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Power of solidarity echoes in ‘1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike’
Where most comic book artists might draw with an ethos of specificity, Lester’s work in “1919” foregrounds rough black and white sketches, with watercolors that lend the images texture rather than detail.
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ASUC Senate hears from Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Paul Alivisatos on increasing faculty diversity
Senators also heard from the Office of the External Affairs Vice President’s campus organizing director, Sarah Abdeshahian, about supporting upcoming union strikes.
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Contract terms regarding UC’s patient care technical workers released
According to John de los Angeles, AFSCME Local 3299 spokesperson, the university has been taking “directly employed jobs” from service and patient care workers by outsourcing them to independent contractors.
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UC worker’s union AFSCME Local 3299 files complaint against UC regents
The complaint alleges that the UC withheld employee contact information from unions and distributed mass communications to employees without consulting union members, according to a press release.
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