Submitted by bquirk on November 17, 2014 - 10:09am
From the S.F. Chronicle.
The University of California has so far failed to comply with a new state law pushed by Gov. Jerry Brown requiring it to disclose, for the first time, key details about how it spends its money — information state officials want especially now that UC is asking the regents to approve five years of tuition increases.
Please sign the University of California Student Association (UCSA) petition to stop President Napolitano's plan to increase tuition by 25% over the next five years.
On Friday October 24, a delegation of Unit 17 bargaining team members met with UCOP contract administrators to discuss the librarian contract and issues that have arisen since the MOU was ratified. The UC-AFT delegation reached an agreement with UCOP representatives that will allow librarians to request a specific number of points as part of their personal statement in the merit review process. The role of the Review Initiator as well as the peer review body continues to be under discussion.
UC-AFT hit the ground running in the month of October. We held four two-day membership outreach events at UCI, UCB, UCSD and UCLA, where we talked with well over 200 bargaining unit members. These one-on-one conversations resulted in about 120 new UC-AFT members. Much of this outreach was done by lecturers and librarians who work on these campuses. UC-AFT members talking to their colleagues is how we build a stronger union! Please get in touch with the UC-AFT officers on your campus to find out how you can help.
Author of The American Way of Poverty, Nation Books September 2013
Q: In your book you talk about affordable higher education as a solution to income inequality and poverty. How do you envision us achieving affordable higher education when the trend is the opposite?
Q: You've recently received the William H. Flanigan award for Distinguished Service from the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Congratulations! Tell us about the award and your work that led to it?
Roxi Power is a poet, performer and lecturer in the Writing Program at UC Santa Cruz.
Q: In addition to your career as a writing instructor, you're active as a poet and as a performer in the theater. Describe Neo-Benshi and tell us what draws you to work with it?
The UC designates those employed in the Librarian Series as Academic Appointees, and vests Librarians with the rights and responsibilities of academics. Our contract valorizes these rights and responsibilities, which include peer review, career status, academic freedom and opportunities for professional development. Librarians at UC are granted this academic status because running a university research library requires a commitment to academic values and intellectual integrity.
Insider: What brought you to a career as a librarian?
Author of The American Way of Poverty, Nation Books September 2013
Q: You've recently received the William H. Flanigan award for Distinguished Service from the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Congratulations! Tell us about the award and your work that led to it?
Roxi Power is a poet, performer and lecturer in the Writing Program at UC Santa Cruz. 
