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Unit 18 Bargaining Update #1

Submitted by administrator on February 28, 2011 - 9:07pm
Unit: 
Lecturers

Bargaining Update #1

28 February 2011

Unit 18 Bargaining to Begin-Opening Proposals Exchanged

Submitted by administrator on February 28, 2011 - 2:04pm
Unit: 
Lecturers

Colleagues:

Bargaining is once again upon us; the current contract expires this summer.

March 2nd Actions on UC Campuses and Statewide

Submitted by administrator on February 25, 2011 - 12:14pm
Issues: 
October 7 Nationwide Day of Action

MARCH 2ND ACTIONS on UC CAMPUSES and STATEWIDE

 

UCLA

What You Can Do Now to Support Wisconsin Workers

Submitted by administrator on February 25, 2011 - 10:34am

THE BATTLE FOR UNIONS IN WISCONSIN

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Professor Will Jones, a labor historian at the University of Wisconsin:

Folks from outside Wisconsin are contacting me and asking how to help
with the battle to save collective bargaining for public employees in
Wisconsin.   (Additional information on the current status of things
here is at the end of this letter.)

YOU CAN PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT

Resources for Defending the Middle Class

Submitted by administrator on February 25, 2011 - 9:53am
Issues: 
Defending Public Workers and Their Unions

This page has links to articles and websites with information about major economic trends affecting middle and working class people in America.  The information is organized under general headers that provide an outline of the issues that working people currently face.  This page contains only a tiny sample of the resources available on-line.  We have placed talking points under many of the headers and above the linked sources.

Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana Solidarity Vigil in Sacramento(Videos)

Submitted by administrator on February 23, 2011 - 10:17am

Wisconsin Protest Video by Matt Wisniewski

Submitted by administrator on February 22, 2011 - 3:26pm

UC-AFT's Sandy Baringer Sends Eyewitness Account from Madison

Submitted by administrator on February 22, 2011 - 9:35am

I'm reporting from the teachers' computer lounge at Madison Area Technical College, one block from the Wisconsin Capitol building, where thousands of teachers and public workers are rallying peacefully in the streets, in February in a cold climate, for 6 days going on 7: excuse the caps; I am being emphatic here.
 

Post Wisconsin Unionism-What Would Employment as A Lecturer or Librarian be like without Collective Bargaining

Submitted by administrator on February 22, 2011 - 9:34am

In Wisconsin, newly elected Republican Governor, Scott Walker, announced a plan to effectively eliminate collective bargaining rights for public employees.  His proposal would limit the scope of negotiations to wages, and would require that unions hold annual recertification elections.

In California, Santa Barbara resident, Lanny Ebenstien, recently announced his intention to get an initiative on the ballot in 2012 that would end collective bargaining rights for California’s public workers.

Schedule of Solidarity Rallies Including Sacramento and Oakland Today 2/22

Submitted by administrator on February 22, 2011 - 9:00am

Here's a list of events coming up in your state this week. The list will continue to grow, probably by the hour, so keep checking back in. Use the sign-up form to the right and one of our organizers will be in touch with more information about the event. 

Note: these are not all SEIU events - most are sponsored by other unions, but everyone is welcome to attend