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Librarians Ratify Agreement on Wages

Submitted by administrator on October 11, 2011 - 1:57pm

UC-AFT Librarians have ratified the Unit 17 tentative agreement.   97% of voting members voted in support of the new agreement on Salary.

Detail of the agreement:

Online Voting Booth--Unit 18 Contract Ratification

Submitted by administrator on October 7, 2011 - 10:29am
Unit: 
Lecturers

Unit 18 lecturers are voting on the new tentative agreement between October 10-16, using the Online Voting Booth developed by Steve Petersen, Lecturer in Electrical Engineering at UCSC.  You will need the ID and password that are being emailed to union members Monday, Oct 10.  If you don't have them, please check your email or contact your local field representative.  If you're not a member, you can vote if you join by Friday, October 14.  Just contact your local field representative for details.

Online Voting Booth 

Unit 18 Tentative Agreement--Summary of Changes and New Language

Submitted by administrator on October 6, 2011 - 7:05pm
Unit: 
Lecturers

Below is an article by article summary of the changes our bargaining team has tentatively agreed to.  Each article with a change has a link to a pdf of the actual T.A.

For a printer friendly pdf version of this summary without the links to the T.A. language, click here.

Article

Summary of Changes

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No changes

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A First Hand Account from OccupyLA

Submitted by administrator on October 2, 2011 - 7:52pm

October 2, 2011  8:30pm

yeswecamp.jpgI'm writing this update from my phone during breaks from meetings,  so it's maybe a little disjointed.

I went to the OccupyLA march to City Hall on Saturday morning, not really sure what to expect.  There was a wide variety of people there: progressives, libertarians, "Anonymous" types, socialists, anarchists, students, vets, older folks, etc.

Librarians Reach Tentative Agreement on Wages 9-28-2011

Submitted by administrator on October 2, 2011 - 1:57pm

The Unit 17 bargaining team reached a tentative agreement with University negotiators this week.   The tentative agreement needs to be ratified by union members.  Each campus will open polling stations over a three day period between October 5-7.  The bargaining team strongly endorses the ratification of the tentative agreement.  Librarians should be on the lookout for announcements about local meetings to discuss the T.A. prior to the vote next week.

Librarians Mobilize for Merit Pay and Salary Increases

Submitted by administrator on October 2, 2011 - 9:21am

UC’s Unit 17 librarians returned to the negotiating table in early June for reopener bargaining over salary. The last reopeners, in 2008, which finally ended two years later in a state-mediated stalemate, had seen some progress made toward addressing the inconsistencies in the rank-and-step pay scale, though negotiations ultimately stalled over the amount of increase to the beginning step.

Online Teachings Disconnect Op-ed LA Times

Submitted by administrator on September 28, 2011 - 9:05am
Issues: 
UC-AFT Confronts UC's Rush to Online Education

This story was originally published in the L.A. Times op-ed section on September 28, 2011.

Unit 18 Bargaining Update #12- Tentative Agreement Reached

Submitted by administrator on September 27, 2011 - 8:38am
Unit: 
Lecturers

Colleagues:

At the end of our twenty-third day of bargaining face-to-face (and eight months of meetings in-between sessions), the bargaining team has reached a tentative agreement with the University for a new contract.

Our new contract makes several significant improvements in job security, wages, and due process.  We will send another message out sometime within the next week that tells you where to get details of the changes that have been agreed AND, for members, instructions on how to vote on ratification.

Guest Editorial: UC punishes librarians for collective bargaining

Submitted by administrator on September 22, 2011 - 4:56pm

This story was originally published in the Aggie on September 22, 2011.

Librarians Are Under Paid--LtE Davis Enterprise

Submitted by administrator on September 7, 2011 - 4:04pm

This letter to the editor was originally published in the Davis Enterprise on September 3, 2011.

Thank you for highlighting the article about University of California salaries. Decisions being made about salaries are very confusing. On the one hand, high-level employees seem to easily obtain raises but librarians have been told that if we pursue bargaining for increased salaries, the merit increases due one-third of librarians will be withheld. These merit increases reflect the hard work that librarians do to support faculty and students. UC librarian pay lags behind California State University and Community College District compensation by about 20 percent. We have taken on considerably greater workloads as our colleagues retire, or move to higher-paying jobs.