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Information passed down from UC Berkeley’s Human Resources Department and some campus workers’ managers and supervisors left many UC Berkeley employees confused about their ability to take two hours paid leave to vote in the general elections Tuesday in accordance with state law.
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Union members gathered in front of California Hall on Tuesday afternoon to protest the December layoffs in UC Berkeley’s Campus Shared Services and submit a petition signed by those in opposition to the staff reduction.
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Fourteen members and supporters of the Student Labor Committee participated in a sit-in outside the office of the campus director of intercollegiate athletics Thursday to protest the alleged termination of a contract worker.
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Hours after a private grievance meeting about the campus’s termination of dependent health-care coverage, University Health Services officials gave a presentation on the decision to a small crowd of distraught UC Berkeley students, union members and their families Tuesday.
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About 200 protesters gathered at Bancroft and Telegraph on Monday afternoon in support of worker rights in the UC campuses and medical centers as part of a statewide demonstration.
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About 15 protesters dressed in black and holding flower-adorned coffins held a “Funeral for Worker’s Rights” on Sproul Plaza Thursday morning in protest of proposed cuts to UC workers’ benefits.
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