To UC-AFT-represented employees:
You likely have seen President Yudof's message of June 17 announcing that he will ask the Regents to declare a Fiscal Emergency in July, and outlining three proposed methods for pay reductions and furloughs to achieve an 8% savings starting in August 2009.
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Please be aware that the Union that represents you has also received this message.  I write today to clarify your status as UC-AFT-represented employees.

Link: UC-AFT Insider June 2009

UC Librarians Fight For Pay Increase
Alyssa Jarrett: City on a Hill Press Reporter (Link to Article)

Union, library administrators at odds over workload (Link to Aggie Article)

January 15th article in Aggie:        Shields Library continues to struggle (Link to article)

 "California Teacher" Article on UC Librarian Negotiations and UC Davis Librarians   (Link to Article: PDF) 


Librarian Page: Link to Budget Issues and Negotiations Link to Page

  

UC chief changes buyout policy: While avoiding open criticism of his predecessor, Robert Dynes, President Mark Yudof noted that the program in which 16 employees got hefty severance checks and landed in other UC jobs this year was created prior to June, when he took the 10-campus university's top job. Link to SF Gate article.


An Argument for Shared Governance of the UC Retirement Plan

Submitted by msquitieri (http://berkeleyaft.org) on November 12, 2008 - 17:45.

By Paul Brooks, Spectroscopist, Department of Integrative Biology, UPTE Bargaining Representative

Shared governance of the University of California Retirement Plan must be established before faculty and staff should be expected to re-start contributions. 11th November 2008.

Lecturers & Librarians: Join UC-AFT as an Active Union Member

If you are still a "fairshare" member of the bargaining unit, consider joining as an active dues paying union member of Local 2023 UC-AFT @ Davis. The fairshare fee (recorded as an "agency fee") that is currently deducted from your pay will not change*, but you will have a voice on issues, contracts, and the leadership of UC-AFT and this local.

Member Application

* Agency Fee: The amount withheld is the same for union members and nonmembers, though non-members may request a small refund annually (the proportion spent on union activities that are not considered strictly representational), as required by state law.