Submitted by administrator on October 15, 2012 - 7:31am
UCLA- Rally at Noon in Bruin Plaza with Governor Brown
UCSB- Rally at Noon at the Arbor, with Assemblymember Das Williams, CA Senate Candidate Hannah-Beth Jackson, UC-AFT President Bob Samuels, Nelson Lichtenstein, A.S. President Sophia Armen
Submitted by administrator on October 15, 2012 - 7:16am
Yes on Prop 30 Rally with Governor Bruin Plaza at Noon on Tuesday October 16.
UC-AFT's state-wide affilitate, the California Federation of Teachers, is one of the main sponsors of Proposition 30, the only ballot initiative that guarantees no cuts to education and that will stop tuition increases this year for CSU and UC.
Submitted by administrator on October 14, 2012 - 10:41am
Dear Member of UC-AFT,
Proposition 30, the Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act, is on the November 6 ballot. If it passes, it will raise $9 billion in the first year, and $6 billion a year for six years after that, for public education and other services. If Prop 30 does not pass, the University of California budget will be cut by $375 million, and this reduction will most likely cause layoffs, benefit reductions, salary freezes, and a tuition increase of over 20%.
Submitted by administrator on October 14, 2012 - 10:40am
As you likely are aware, the stakes in the November elections are particularly high for education in California, including for the UC system. Proposition 30 will stabilize education budgets and ward off severe mid-year cuts and tuition increases, but it is currently polling with a very slim lead.
Please accept my apologies for the lack of communication after our last bargaining session in August; there was little to report then of any significance, as the meeting produced little in the way of progress. In short, the University refused to discuss anything economic (salary and merit) until AFTER the November election. So, we basically took stock of the three other open articles: Layoff, Process for Initial Continuing Appointments, and Grievance.
Submitted by administrator on September 3, 2012 - 5:24pm
I am a law librarian in the UC Berkeley School of Law. Our UC librarians are conducting a postcard campaign to protest the unfair and counterproductive tactics employed by the University in current negotiations concerning the bargaining agreement that covers the 343 academic librar
