Mia McIver

After more than two years of bargaining, striking and organizing, a tentative agreement between UC-AFT, a union representing university lecturers, and the UC Office of the President, or UCOP, was reached early Wednesday morning. 

The lecturer strike alleging unfair labor practices and calling for the UC Office of the President to meet lecturers' demands has been called off. 

Members of UC-AFT, a union representing university lecturers, have agreed to strike Wednesday and Thursday in response to allegedly unfair labor practices.

In their first day of fall meetings, the UC Regents heard public comment, reviewed the university’s investment portfolios and discussed recent developments at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. 

The University Council-American Federation of Teachers, or UC-AFT, voted to authorize a potential strike for increased job security and pay for UC lecturers June 2. 

Almost 200 people came together Saturday at a Zoom rally hosted by the University Council-American Federation of Teachers, or UC-AFT, to demand a fair contract for UC lecturers and demonstrate their willingness to strike.

Nearly 200 people gathered at a Zoom rally to participate in a virtual rally Monday at 1 p.m. to call on the UC Office of the President to settle a new teaching faculty contract and reappointment process.

During its Wednesday bargaining session with the University Council-American Federation of Teachers, or UC-AFT, a union that represents librarians and non-Senate faculty, the UC Office of the President put forth a proposal on job stability, which UC-AFT President Mia McIver deemed “the first step” toward negotiating a contract that UC lecturers will accept.

With a commitment to transparency and public accountability, the UC system released its employee payroll report for the 2019 calendar year Friday.

According to the UC Office of the President, career staff and academic employees are both covered in the UC administration's announcement from last week that there will not be layoffs during the COVID-19 pandemic through June 30.