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BIG NEWS: We ratified our new contract! 92% of UC-AFT Unit 17 members voted and 98% voted yes to ratify our new collective bargaining agreement!

The University Council-American Federation of Teachers receives a new contract for better wages and benefits. The contract includes adaptable work options and an annual professional development allowance of $1,250. dailybruin.com/2024/10/02/uc-…

UC and librarians reach contract agreement for increased wages and support, via The Daily Californian dailycal.org/news/campus/uc… University Council - AFT

UC, librarians union agree on new contract davisenterprise.com/news/uc-librar… via The Davis Enterprise

This week! ✊

Reminding UC who runs UC!!! UC is the largest landlord. It already provides its Executives with billions of housing assistance. So why not us who need it the most?!

Enough is enough. UPTE's bargaining team has unanimously recommended a strike vote beginning on October 21st in response to UC’s unfair labor practices. Spread the word—more info to follow ✊ #strike #1u

Last fall, UAW called for unions to align contracts to expire on May Day, 2028, with the goal of mass, simultaneous strikes. I looked at the organizing that's happening to make this a reality. One big thing: UAW & CTU are starting an organizing institute thenation.com/article/activi…

"I am exhausted to find myself fighting systems of oppression within UCSF while simultaneously fighting the systemic inequality that oppresses our clients." UCSF Health's patients and social workers deserve so much better #union #socialwork 48hills.org/2024/10/ucs-un…

📣 This Friday October 18, at 1 p.m. on Zoom!!! Save the date and RSVP today for “Academic Freedom Under Attack: How We Can Fight Back Together,” a lunchtime zoom teach-in organized by the Academic Freedom Committees of our two unions loom.ly/sW49W64

.University Council - AFT member and Berkeley Haas School of Business lecturer Robert Shaye is hosting two free financial education workshops. Check out the first coming up Oct 29: Personal Finance 101 for UC Employees. RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

The fall issue of #Academe, out today, focuses on the status of collective bargaining in higher education and considers the evolving opportunities for faculty unionization. aaup.org/issue/fall-2024

“We have been meeting with the University for four months now. Unfortunately, their unfair labor practices have prevented us from moving towards an agreement that will address the crisis of recruitment and retention that we are seeing across UC.” #union dailybruin.com/2024/10/16/upt…

.University Council - AFT lecturers are getting organized leading up to our new contract campaign. Bay Area Chapter members should come to the bargaining town hall on Nov 1, 10am, 305 Bauer Wurster. Coffee + snacks provided. RSVP now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…