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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

UC system aims to mitigate layoffs through pandemic relief funds

The UC system will create a pandemic relief fund to reduce layoffs and retain jobs amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. According to UC Office of the President spokesperson Stett Holbrook, the UC system is California’s third-largest employer. (Photo by Wikimedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.)

UC President Michael Drake announced Monday that each UC campus will create a pandemic relief fund to minimize layoffs related to COVID-19.
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Thursday, November 19, 2020

‘The first step’: UC brings job stability proposal to bargaining session with UC union

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.
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Thursday, October 22, 2020

UC system to build biomethane plant, solar array for renewable energy

The UC system has partnered with two energy companies to construct a biomethane plant and solar array to help bring it closer to its carbon neutrality goal by 2025.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Widespread UCPath payroll errors continue, union workers allege

More than a year after the campus deployment of the payroll system UCPath, postdoctoral students and academic researchers continue to experience payroll errors, according to several members of the Union of Postdocs and Academic Researchers, or UAW Local 5810.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2020

UC to receive $8.6M from settlement with Verizon, AT&T

The UC system will receive $8.6 million from Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T Inc. after a settlement was reached over a whistleblower’s allegation that the two companies were overcharging California state contractors.
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Friday, September 25, 2020

UC Berkeley loses $30M due to limited housing, dining amid COVID-19 pandemic

The limiting of campus housing and dining options due to the COVID-19 pandemic has led to millions of dollars in losses for UC Berkeley.
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Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Unionized lecturers continue to negotiate contract, rehiring rights with UC

While 2020 has left many unemployed and without a steady source of income, UC lecturers find themselves without contracts, an issue that was discussed at the University Council-American Federation of Teachers, or UC-AFT, faculty bargaining session Tuesday.
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Friday, September 4, 2020

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