Staffing scarcity drives stressful, chaotic Berkeley school district working conditions

California’s teacher staffing shortage has impacted schools across the state. Berkeley Unified School District is no different.
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California’s teacher staffing shortage has impacted schools across the state. Berkeley Unified School District is no different.
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Since June, most employees of large chain grocery stores in Berkeley have not received hazard pay as compensation for pandemic-related risks.
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Berkeley Public Health Officer Lisa Hernandez said the initial rollout of the vaccine depended on tier eligibility.
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A sizable portion of the community is still unvaccinated, and the potential for more dangerous and contagious COVID-19 mutations to appear is a possibility.
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Campus has taken essential steps to safely begin the semester in person. The issue is sustaining progress.
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Workers need to be regarded with the respect they deserve for helping keep our communities running, and this must be reflected in their pay.
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The vast majority of the disabled and immunocompromised population at UC Berkeley faces a difficult choice for their method of instruction this coming fall.
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The city of Berkeley’s Public Health Department recommended Friday that individuals with compromised immune systems get an additional dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.
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Scientists at Berkeley Lab participated in developing a COVID-19 antibody therapy that could possibly neutralize all known SARS-CoV-2 strains.
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As the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to spread rapidly across the country, Berkeley and multiple counties recommended that people continue to wear masks indoors.
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