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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Campus union workers stage 1-day walkout against university in sympathy with UCLA

Teamsters Local 2010 stage a protest in front of California Hall in August 2016 demanding living wages and greater pension benefits for UC workers.

More than 100 UC Berkeley clerical, administrative and support staff employees staged a one-day walkout and formed picket lines Tuesday to protest the University of California’s contract negotiation practices and to stand in solidarity with UCLA skilled trades workers, who were also striking.
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Campus

Friday, April 29, 2016

Protesters gather on Sproul Plaza to call for charges against student demonstrators be dropped

Around 80 protesters gathered on Sproul Plaza on Thursday afternoon to demand that charges be dropped against a student who was arrested during a campus protest in March and another student who alleges she has been charged by the campus.
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Crime & Courts

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Arraignment for UC Berkeley student arrested at protest postponed

About 30 students, workers and Berkeley community members gathered at the Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse on Tuesday to show support for John Penilla, who appeared in court after he was arrested during a campus protest in March.
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Campus

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Campus sheds light on rationale for insourcing formerly subcontracted workers

After more than a year of demonstrations by campus subcontracted workers, UC Berkeley has decided to officially insource some of its subcontracted staff, primarily for campus community-oriented purposes.
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Campus

Friday, March 18, 2016

Subcontracted campus workers insourced as UC employees, ending speakers’ boycott

After nearly seven months of campaigning, 69 previously subcontracted workers have officially been insourced as UC employees, ending an ongoing campus speakers’ boycott.
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Research & Ideas

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

UC Berkeley Labor Center releases report on rise of contracted employees in state

The UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education released a report Tuesday highlighting the negative implications of a significant increase in contracted employees throughout California’s custodial and security workforces.
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Campus

Friday, February 12, 2016

Alphabet Inc. executive chair Eric Schmidt sits down with Chancellor Nicholas Dirks

Hours after the administration’s announcement of comprehensive cost-cutting measures due to a growing budget deficit, more than 1,000 members of the campus community saw Alphabet Inc. executive chair Eric Schmidt discuss his experiences in academia and industry and the importance of research universities with Chancellor Nicholas Dirks on Wednesday evening.
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Campus

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Student Labor Committee demonstrates at BAMPFA opening

At the opening of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive’s new location Sunday, seven members of the campus Student Labor Committee stood amid the newly revealed painting and sculptures wearing large signs that bore testimonies of alleged mistreatment of campus contract workers.
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Campus

Thursday, January 28, 2016

UC workers, students protest Wednesday, alleging unfair treatment in jobs

About 50 students and workers protested in front of the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union building and California Hall on Wednesday, alleging unfair treatment and unsafe working conditions in UC jobs.
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Sunday, November 8, 2015

UC students rallying for worker rights march to Dirks’ residence, hop gate

What was initially an action scheduled as part of the UC Student Association’s annual Students of Color Conference escalated into a march to Chancellor Nicholas Dirks’ home.
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Campus union workers stage 1-day walkout against university in sympathy with UCLA

Protesters gather on Sproul Plaza to call for charges against student demonstrators be dropped

Arraignment for UC Berkeley student arrested at protest postponed

Campus sheds light on rationale for insourcing formerly subcontracted workers

Subcontracted campus workers insourced as UC employees, ending speakers’ boycott

UC Berkeley Labor Center releases report on rise of contracted employees in state

Alphabet Inc. executive chair Eric Schmidt sits down with Chancellor Nicholas Dirks

Student Labor Committee demonstrates at BAMPFA opening

UC workers, students protest Wednesday, alleging unfair treatment in jobs

UC students rallying for worker rights march to Dirks’ residence, hop gate