UC News

May 9, 2019

AFSCME Announces Strike Over Outsourcing, Unfair Labor Practices

By Max Abrams

AFSCME 3299 announced that it is preparing for a single-day unfair labor practice strike on May 16.

May 3, 2019

UCSB Signs Onto OA2020 Initiative in Push for Open Access Publishing

By Sean Crommelin

The OA2020 Expression of Interest was signed about a week after the UC terminated its subscription with the Dutch information and analytics company Elsevier.

May 2, 2019

UC Regent Ellen Tauscher Passes Away

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

UC Regent Ellen Tauscher passed away this week at the age of 67.

April 19, 2019

AFSCME Calls for Boycott of Commencement Speakers

By Evelyn Spence

The union and the university have been negotiating over contracts for over two years.

April 11, 2019

A.S. Senate Votes Against Divestment Through Secret Ballot

By Evelyn Spence, Sanya Kamidi, Simren Verma, Jorge Mercado

The early morning vote came down to 10 yeses, 14 noes and 0 abstentions.

April 11, 2019

AFSCME Workers Strike Against UC, Protest Unfair Labor Practices

By Arturo Martinez Rivera

AFSCME, which represents the largest number of UC workers, alleges that the UC violated state labor laws.

April 10, 2019

A.S. Senate To Discuss Divestment Resolution Tonight

By Evelyn Spence

UCSB is the only UC student government that has not passed a resolution to divest.

April 1, 2019

Union Alleges Harassment in Unfair Practice Charge Against UC

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

The University of California’s largest employee union filed charges against the UC system last week for allegedly intimidating and harassing its workers during strikes over the last six months, according to the charge ...

March 22, 2019

Union Employees Strike Amidst Contract Negotiations

By Max Abrams

Throughout the day, waves of union employees marched through campus with chants.

March 15, 2019

Two UC Unions To Strike Next Week, UCOP Calls Decisions to Strike “Unfortunate”

By Evelyn Spence

Next week’s strike was initially prompted by UPTE, which represents around 13,000 employees; AFSCME, which represents over 25,000 workers across the UC system, is striking in solidarity.

March 14, 2019

UC Regents Table Non-Resident Tuition Increase

By Sanya Kamidi

The Board of Regents plans to reconsider the tuition hike at their next meeting in May.

March 14, 2019

Summer Cal Grant Bill Reintroduced to the State Legislature

By Sean Crommelin

SB 461 will provide up to nine units of aid per session to students eligible for Cal Grant.

March 10, 2019

UC Will Not Raise In-State Tuition

By Evelyn Spence

This decision comes following California Governor Gavin Newsom’s budget plan.

March 7, 2019

UCOP Deems Collegiate Free Speech Executive Order Unnecessary

By Simren Verma

President Trump spoke at CPAC, where he discussed the executive order.

March 7, 2019

UC Walks Aways from Elsevier Negotiations

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

UC’s past contract with Elsevier set them back $11 million per year.

March 5, 2019

Union Workers Protest UCPath Implementation, Payment Issues

By Aaron Berkness

Throughout the protest, several speakers took the floor to discuss their frustrations with UCPath as well as with the path to achieving restitution.