UC-AFT Insider

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December 7, 2009

In this issue:  

·       UCI Langson Library to Remain Open 24 Hours—Students’ Demands Met

·       UCSC Faculty Resolutions—Memorial to Yudof

·       UPTE Unfair Labor Practice Charges—PERB Issues Complaint Against UC

·       Response to Protests and Police Violence

·       A Crisis of Priorities-Why Sacramento is not the (Only) Problem

·       Recent UC Media Coverage

·       Raoul Teilhet Scholarship Program-High School Seniors Deadline January 10, 2010 

·       Know Your Rights-Unit 18 MOU Article 17 Layoff, Reduction in Time, and Reemployment 

 

UCI Langson Library to Remain Open 24 Hours—Students’ Demands Met

UCI students planning a study-in at Langson Library received good news from the library administration earlier this week when they announced that the library will remain open 24 hours a day throughout finals week.  For more on this story, including excerpts from the students’ manifesto, follow this link to UCI Librarian Dan Tsang’s blog. 

http://subversities.blogspot.com/2009_12_01_archive.html


UCSC Faculty Resolution—Memorial to Yudof

The UCSC Faculty Senate recently passed a resolution directing President Yudof to begin an aggressive campaign to defend UC and its budget, and demanding that cuts to salaries below $40,000 be reinstated immediately, that furloughs and other salary cuts be ended in 2010, that student fees gradually be lowered, and an adherence to the principles of shared governance. Here’s a link to the full resolution.

http://senate.ucsc.edu/resolutions/YudofMemorial.pdf

 

UPTE Unfair Labor Practice—PERB Issues Complaint Against UC

The University Professional and Technical Employees, which represents research and technical staff throughout UC, filed unfair labor practice charges against UC for refusal to bargain in good faith, and direct dealing with employees regarding the furlough program, among other things.  The Public Employee Relations Board (PERB) issued a complaint in favor of UPTE’s charges.   Here’s a link to the complaint.

http://www.upte.org/ulp877complaint.pdf

Response to Protests and Police Violence

The ten chairs of the Academic Senate released this letter in response to the wave of protests and occupations after the Regents decision to increase student fees by an additional 32%. 
http://www.senate.ucla.edu/documents/AC_UCreprotests.pdf

Dozens of members of the UCLA faculty sent this open letter to  Chancellor Gene Block to present their concerns about police violence at the Regents Meeting on November 18-19.
http://toodumbtolivearchive.blogspot.com/2009/12/ucla-faculty-open-letter-to-chancellor.html


A Crisis of Priorities-Why Sacramento is not the Problem

This website is devoted to analysis of UC budget information.  Drawing on the work of UC-AFT President, Bob Samuels, and UC Berkeley faculty emeritus, Charlie Schwartz, much of the information presented here shows the existence of large sums of money, and various funding streams that UC could use to offset the state funding shortfall.  The website is run by UC Davis programmer, Jeffrey Bergamini.
http://ucpay.globl.org/crisis_of_priorities.php

 

Recent UC Media Coverage

Check here for a listing of recent articles covering UC budgetary issues, including a piece by Bob Samuels published in Inside Higher Ed on December 7.

http://ucaft.org/content/media-archive

 

Raoul Teilhet Scholarship--High School Seniors Deadline January 10, 2010

The California Federation of Teachers, our state level affiliate, provides college scholarship opportunities for dependents of union members.  The deadline for applications for high school seniors is January 10, 2010. For more information and to download the scholarship application, follow this link.

http://www.cft.org/index.php/scholarships.html

 

Know Your Rights-Unit 18 MOU Article 17 Layoff, Reduction in Time, and Reemployment

With the exception of length of notice required, all rights granted under the MOU are the same for reduction in time and full layoff.  The university has an obligation to consider alternatives to layoff including attrition, retirement, and voluntary reductions in time.  Seniority rights must also be considered prior to a layoff decision.  UC-AFT is currently handling several grievances for violations of the layoff article.  If you receive notice of reduction in time, or full layoff, please contact your Local’s field representative to discuss your rights.  For a more full discussion of layoff rights, follow this link: 

http://ucaft.org/content/know-your-rights#Unit_18_Know_Your_Rights

To read Article 17:

http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/employees/policies_employee_labor_relations/collective_bargaining_units/nonsenateinstructional_nsi/contract_articles/article17.pdf

 

Membership

If you have not already joined the union, please fill out the attached membership form, or download one from our website.  You are represented by UC-AFT, but representation and deductions from your pay do not mean that you are automatically a member.  You can mail the completed application to the address on the bottom of the form, or contact your local staff for assistance.  
http://ucaft.org/content/join-uc-aft

 

The University Council – American Federation of Teachers is an affiliate of the California Federation of Teachers, the American Federation of Teachers and the AFL-CIO.

 

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Bill Quirk
UC-AFT
Director of Communications and Education
Field Representative, Local 2141 UCSB
805-689-0645