Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on August 15, 2023 - 7:01pm
August 16, 2023
Recently, the University of California Berkeley released the Report of the Joint Academic and Administrative Working Group on the University Library. The report lays out a dire portrait of systematic defunding of the UC Berkeley Libraries, and explores the serious consequences for the future of research, teaching, and learning at Berkeley if the current course is not corrected.
U17 Bay Area Chapter members came together to issue as statement against austerity in the Berkeley Library. As student enrollment continues to increase, campus funding remains stagnant, and decades of neoliberal ideology have eroded the public good, the Berkeley campus faces acute pressures to maintain excellent education and research conditions while library workers are expected to do more with less.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 20, 2017 - 7:53am
UC-AFT 1474 Resolution in Protest of the Inauguration of President Donald Trump
WHEREAS, the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States has sparked fear and anger in our community—especially among those most marginalized, including immigrants, Muslims, people of color, women, the disabled, and LGBTQ populations—and has reaffirmed the necessity for collective struggles to defend the rights of these communities
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 10, 2017 - 10:38am
Dear UC-AFT members,
Our sister UC union, Teamsters Local 2010, is holding two strikes this week. One strike is limited to UCLA, and the other is UC-wide. This e-mail provides information about both strikes, and your rights and responsibilities with respect to our contracts and the picket lines.
