Career paths for lecturers necessary to support student success
Aishwarya Jayadeep/Senior Staff
Even when you love teaching, who wants to stick around at a job lacking such basic necessities? Most lecturers can’t afford to.
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UC-AFT holds virtual teaching faculty rally to settle contract
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.
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UC-AFT, UCOP continue talks on job stability, compensation
The University Council-American Federation of Teachers, or UC-AFT, presented its compensation proposal and answered questions from UC negotiators about their job stability proposal at a bargaining session Jan. 21.
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For educational, occupational stability, grant lecturers fair contracts
UC AFFAIRS: It’s as easy as ‘1-2-3’: UC must overhaul its gig-based educational model to adequately compensate lecturers
The UC would collapse without lecturers. And yet, members of the University Council-American Federation of Teachers have been contractless for 18 months.
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‘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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UC lecturers hold day of action, distribute petition for contract bargaining
UC lecturers around California held a day of action Saturday to draw attention to their ongoing bargaining with UC leadership over their contract.
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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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UC releases annual systemwide employee payroll report for 2019
With a commitment to transparency and public accountability, the UC system released its employee payroll report for the 2019 calendar year Friday.
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UC lecturers call on UC President Michael Drake for job security
University Council-American Federation of Teachers, or UC-AFT, a union representing UC lecturers and librarians, hosted a caravan rally Monday to welcome UC President Michael Drake in hopes of pushing him to support UC lecturers in ongoing contract negotiations with the university.
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UC lecturers fear losing jobs, health care benefits amid COVID-19
UC lecturers expressed concern over loss of health care amid the COVID-19 pandemic during a University Council-American Federation of Teachers press conference Monday.
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