Members of the Unit 17 bargaining team and their supporters gather outside a bargaining session at UC Irvine in March, 2024. Most are wearing dark blue t-shirts with the UC-AFT logo and raise their fists.
Members of the UCSB chapter and their students and supporters at a rally in 2021. Some hold pickets reading "End Unpaid Work Now!" and "UC-AFT Faculty Demand Job Security!". Some hold banners, one on the right reads "The UC Works Because We Do" with hundreds of member signatures. The one in the center reads "Faculty Equity- Student Success."
Members of UC-AFT, wearing masks and standing at a safe distance, holding a banner hanging over a pedestrian overpass at UC Irvine in 2020. Their banners read "No UCI Layoffs" and "Job Security!"
A group of teachers outside the Preuss School smiling with their fists raised.
Members of UC-AFT in blue shirts standing outside McHenry library.
a group of 16 people pose smiling in a conference room.
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What are your hopes for the new Unit 17 Librarians' contract?

I-Wei Wang, Reference Librarian, UC Berkeley Law Library

“Meaningful recognition of the academic and professional status of librarians, including recognition of the role of librarians in advancing the research, teaching, equity, diversity, and inclusion goals and missions of the university.”

Kristen LaBonte, Research and Instruction Librarian, UC Santa Barbara

"I hope to see improved contract language relating to investigatory leave, medical leave, workload, and uniform language for review actions. I also hope to see adjustments in our salary scale to ensure successful recruitment and retention of excellent librarians.”