UC releases annual systemwide employee payroll report for 2019
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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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UC administration confirms academic employees qualify for job protections during COVID-19 pandemic
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.
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Protesters call for cost of living adjustment on Sproul Plaza, at Crossroads dining hall
“COLA 4 All,” “Solidarity with UCSC” and “Eat the Regents” were some of the phrases written on the signs present during a protest Feb. 21, which was staged in solidarity with the UC Santa Cruz graduate students on strike for a cost of living adjustment.
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‘They deserve recognition’: UC lecturers bargain for higher pay, job security
Contentious topics, such as compensation for unpaid work and job stability, are being discussed as UC lecturers renegotiate their contract with the university.
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Town hall hosted at UC Berkeley to discuss search for next UC president
The Berkeley Faculty Association, or BFA; the Latinx Faculty Association; the University Council-American Federation of Teachers, the union representing lecturers and librarians; and the UC Berkeley Academic Senate sponsored a town hall that met Wednesday to discuss important qualifications for the next UC president.
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Student’s Facebook post calls attention to lecturers’ working conditions
On Friday, campus junior Eliza Davis posted a Google form on Facebook to raise awareness for UC lecturers’ working conditions, as well as to garner student support.
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State of the unions: A history of UC-affiliated union actions since January 2019
On May 16, AFSCME Local 3299 went on a systemwide strike to protest the outsourcing of UC jobs to Kindred and Aya Healthcare.
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A more perfect union: How 7 UC Berkeley faculty members changed history through unionizing almost 50 years ago
They voted to form an AFT council specific to the University of California, creating the University Council-AFT, which currently represents more than 3,300 librarians and non-Academic Senate faculty members such as lecturers, has staff on all 10 UC campuses and continues to enter into regular negotiations with the UC Office of the President, or UCOP, over salaries, job security, job roles and more.
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