Tag: Contract Bargaining
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Bargaining Update #14 – June 20, 2024
This update (and bargaining session) is sooner than we expected, since our earlier agreed-upon date of June 27 had to be moved up a week to accommodate the University’s court hearing next week related to the UAW 4811 strike action. Our U17 librarians came back to the table today for another round of contract bargaining…
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Bargaining Update #13 – June 10, 2024
Our thirteenth bargaining session with UCOP started off on a happy note, as UC-AFT table team members and observers showed off our new Pride Month backgrounds on Zoom. We had a very productive session, with both sides of the table exchanging a number of articles and discussing where we still have some disagreement on the…
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Bargaining Update #12 – May 30, 2024
Today we had our 12th contract bargaining session with the University (and the third session this month!). We had an abbreviated meeting due to table team members on both sides feeling under the weather. Thanks to bargaining on Zoom, we continued to make good progress with productive counter proposals on some key issues. Read on…
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Bargaining Update #11 – May 14, 2024
Spring is almost over and it feels like Summer is just around the corner. This week graduations are taking place across the Berkeley, Merced, and San Francisco campuses. Midterms are in full swing at Davis, Irvine, UCLA, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz. And yesterday we had our 11th contract bargaining session with…
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Bargaining Update #10 – May 3, 2024
This past Friday we had our 10th bargaining session with the University. We appreciate all of you for following along and engaging in this campaign. We wouldn’t be here without you all! In our session, we covered critical ground on a number of consequential topics. We made significant gains with workload, we proposed more precise…
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Bargaining Update #9 – April 16, 2024
After a short break since our last bargaining, your UC-AFT librarian table team returned to the table today at UC Berkeley Law. We passed four proposals, and the University passed two. Remember that “passing a proposal” means sharing our suggested changes to contract language across the bargaining table. There are often several counter proposals that…
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Bargaining Update #8 – March 15, 2024
We were back at the Zoom bargaining table this week for another round of negotiations with the University. And it was a pretty substantial day—both UC-AFT and the University passed the last of our initial rounds of proposals! We passed significant contract proposals relating to workload creep and proposed processes and protections surrounding that, and…
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Bargaining Update #7 – March 5, 2024
Today, your U17 table team met at the Langson Library at UC Irvine. We passed significant contract proposals for salary and benefits. UC-AFT Proposals Article 13 – Salary UC-AFT’s counter to the lackluster proposal offered by the University on February 8 salary began with a detailed and compelling presentation by Laurel McPhee (UCSD), which outlined…
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Bargaining Update #6 – February 22, 2024
Today your UC-AFT Librarians’ Table Team met with the University for our 6th contract bargaining session, our second session on Zoom. We were joined by observers in the Zoom room who included union librarians, UC-AFT staff, and supporters. We had another productive session, which included discussion of previously-passed proposals from both sides of the virtual…
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Bargaining Update #5 – February 8, 2024
Today the UC-AFT Librarian Table Team traveled to windy UC Davis for our fifth bargaining session with the University. We presented a very robust package of proposals that relate to what it means to be a UC librarian and our peer review process. The University also shared an initial proposal for salary. It’s been an…