“University librarians negotiate contract as expiration approaches” Daily Cal (2024)

Members of the Unit 17 bargaining team and their supporters gather outside a bargaining session in April, 2024. Most are wearing dark blue t-shirts with the UC-AFT logo and raise their fists.

As Unit 17 Vice President Kendra Levine says in this article, our UC-AFT Librarians are fighting for recogniztion that they do more than just help students; they are scholars and researchers in their own right. “If we’re academics, then we should… be held to the same standards as all the other (principal investigators) on campus,” Levine said. “We’re not asking for the standards to be lowered, we’re asking to be included in the process.” Read more at the Daily Cal