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AFSCME 3299 continues their strike against the UC system for new labor contracts and fair wages.
Judge David Brown issued an injunction that would require 120 employees to work during the strike.
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Court Works to Keep Hospitals Running During Strike

Sacramento Superior Court Judge David Brown issued an injunction yesterday exempting certain union employees from participating in this week’s two-day strike of UC Medical Centers by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees 3299. The court-issued injunction will require approximately 100 Patient Care Technical Employees to work during [...]

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Yudof Receives Criticism for Salary, Near-Doubled Tuition During Tenure

Last week, UC President Mark Yudof was placed eighth on The Chronicle of Higher Education’s list of the highest paid public college leaders in America. The list is based on figures from the 2012 fiscal year, and ranks Yudof, with a salary of $847,149, seven spots below former Pennsylvania State [...]

Members of the University Professional and Technical Employees union picket yesterday’s UC Regents meeting, calling for higher pay and increased staffing.
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Union Workers Picket, Sit-in, Announce Strike

University of California Police arrested 13 people at the UC Board of Regents meeting yesterday morning during a demonstration in support of a UC patient care and service workers union in their ongoing labor contract dispute with the University. In addition to the sit-in, about 100 members of American Federation [...]

The UC Board of Regents discuss Governor Brown’s recently released budget and his concern with lagging graduation rates.
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Regents Meeting Focuses on Ending ‘Super Senior’ Trend

The UC Board of Regents discussed graduation rates, student-faculty ratios and other university-wide issues at yesterday’s board meeting, while UC workers of the labor union AFSCME 3299 protested outside the meeting at the Sacramento Convention Center. The meeting came to a halt when 13 people protesting inside the conference room [...]

Gruesome Demonstration Protests UC Regents’ “Silencing” of Students
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Gruesome Demonstration Protests UC Regents’ “Silencing” of Students

After the UC Board of Regents failed to respond to A.S. President Sophia Armen’s letter requesting a UC Regents meeting at UCSB, the student executive and a small group of other concerned students occupied an area in the Arbor yesterday afternoon, protesting the University’s ongoing disconnect with UC students. During [...]