UC-AFT Davis Local

The California Faculty Association said Wednesday that its members had voted overwhelmingly to authorize two-day strikes at the 23 campuses of the California State University System if disputes with administrators over salaries and other issues are not resolved.

Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2012/05/03/california-state-u-faculty-authorizes-rolling-strikes#ixzz1uDLaPz7V 

Student groups and Occupy activists have called for a nationwide day of action in defense of education and social services on March 1, 2012.  Events are currently being  planned  in New York City, Boston, Seattle, and many cities throughout California. 

Local coalitions throughout the UC system are planning for events on UC campuses for March 1.   Activists at UCSC are calling for a strike and campus shut down.  Here is the basic schedule of events for the first week of March in California.

Dear UC-AFT members, 

I spent September 22nd and 23rd in D.C., and I got a full dose of a city under attack from the Right and high humidity. On Thursday evening, we had a meeting with Congressional members from California, and I was able to speak to Nancy Pelosi. She stressed how things are so bad that Republicans are trying to make the Democrats come up with budget reductions to cover the costs of disaster relief. Likewise, at the White House, all of the President’s top advisors emphasized how difficult the other side is acting and how hard it is to get anything done.

The California State Auditor released their audit of UC this morning.  The UC Union Coalition lobbied for the audit, and it was supported by State Senator Leeland Yee.

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After three years, Sen. Leland Yee's Senate Bill 8 has passed in the California state senate. SB 8 aims to bring more transparency and accountability to the California higher education system, which includes the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU).

The bill is designed to make all financial records, contracts and correspondences subject to public disclosure upon request, allowing for students to see where their money is being used in the school system.

Link to Story in Aggie

Librarian negotiators Jared Campbell (UCD), Miki Goral (UCLA), Ken Lyons (UCSC), and Harrison Dekker (UCB) met with the management team of Helen Henry (UCD), Tammie Dearie (UCSD), Susan Wong (UCB), Gloria Robledo (UCLA) and UC chief spokesperson Peter Chester on Thursday September 1, 2011.

Bargaining Update #11 (8/28/2011)

Colleagues:

I write to update you on the state of lecturer negotiations after this week’s sessions in Oakland. We have, I believe, entered into the final phase of these negotiations.

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