UC-AFT/UCOP Tentative Agreement – Now We Need Your Ratification

Your table team met with UCOP at UC Berkeley on Monday, March 25th, for our 17th bargaining session. During the morning session, UCOP presented a complete package of articles as a counter-proposal to our package proposed at the last session.  UCOP laid out their proposals, wrapping up by noon.  The Table Team worked through lunch …

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New Year Bargaining Roundup

As we return to bargaining this Tuesday January 15th at UC Davis, let’s take a look back at Bargaining in 2018. The new year is a good time to reflect upon all that has transpired; there was a great deal of activity, organizing, and hard work from the entire 80+ librarian team involved in the …

Daily Californian: UC librarians reject contract extension, propose higher salaries

UC Berkeley's Daily Californian newspaper has posted a story with an update on our bargaining campaign, featuring quotes from our own Kendra Levine. Give it a read!  

Bargaining Update #4

Bargaining Update #4 The fourth day of bargaining between UC-AFT and UC took place at UCLA on July 26th.  In a welcome break with tradition , the UC team arrived promptly at 10:00am, ready to begin negotiations.  This update will summarize the events as succinctly as possible; we will have more details, and more to …

Why Sabbatical Leave rights matter

“Truly original work, whether it be transforming the way we teach or publish our research, requires that librarians have the time and freedom to immerse ourselves--to ponder, reflect, understand and eventually produce. [....] Sabbaticals will enable librarians to more fully contribute to the research and teaching missions of the university.”   “Over the course of …