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Members of the UC American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, or AFSCME, Local 3299 labor union gathered at the entrance of Sproul Plaza on Wednesday to strike in response to contract negotiations and UC’s alleged interference with workers’ rights.
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More than 100 UC employees marched on Upper Sproul Plaza on Wednesday to demand increased wages and pension security from the UC system.
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On the first day of the three-day strike by the UC’s largest employee union — the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, or AFSCME, Local 3299 — union members rallied, marched through the UC Berkeley campus and formed picket lines Tuesday.
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The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 union’s strike was organized after members were forced to sign a contract with terms the union had rejected. Lead UC Berkeley AFSCME organizer Libertad Ayala addressed the crowd, saying the UC now understands the impact of the workers’ absence.
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Chants arose from the picket circle on Sproul Plaza on Tuesday morning, heard by students who walked to their 8 a.m. finals.
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Next week, 28 staff members at Campus Shared Services, or CSS, who received layoff notices in December will be working their last day at the university — just a little over a year after CSS went “live” for the entire Berkeley campus. Further layoffs may be planned. Supporters of the
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Students from both UC Berkeley and Oakland Technical High School organized two demonstrations on campus Wednesday – one to protest proposed tuition hikes and the other to advocate admitting more Oakland public school students to UC Berkeley.
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Around 60 union members and medical staff assembled at UCSF’s Parnassus campus Thursday in a protest that resulted in 10 arrests.
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Around 50 people marched to the Tang Center at noon Tuesday and later headed to the UC Office of the President in Oakland to demand better labor contracts for UC employees. The march was part of numerous strikes and protests taking place across the Bay Area as part of the
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The University of California announced Monday that it finalized an agreement with a union representing research and technical employees in which both the university and the union will increase contributions to the university’s underfunded pension plan. Under the agreement, members of the University Professional and Technical Employees union will contribute 3.5 percent
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