We Run UC.
Browse AFSCME 3299 posts: All News | Blog News Op-Ed Press Releases Research
Sep 17th, 2015
A union-backed measure on Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk would require that a handful of cities and one county disclose more information about outsourced services, but the bill’s...
Sep 16th, 2015
UC Riverside will spend nearly $7 million on plans for a $150 million research building, part of an expansion strategy designed to turn the campus into a national model for...
SAN JOSE (CN) - A federal judge refused to dismiss an AFSCME union complaint accusing the California Public Employees Retirement System of denying Santa Clara employees a better...
BERKELEY, Calif. /California Newswire/ — UC postdoctoral scholars rallied at seven campuses yesterday and delivered more than 3,000 signatures demanding a fair contract to...
With the contract between the University of California and the postdoctoral researchers’ union set to expire in two weeks, postdocs at seven UC campuses delivered to their...
Sep 15th, 2015
In early June, California labor regulators ruled that a driver for Uber, the app-based car service, was, in fact, an employee, not an independent contractor, and deserved back...
Early in 2014, at the urging of the ASUC, Berkeley City Council passed a new minimum wage ordinance. While this was an important victory that delivered tangible benefits for...
Sep 14th, 2015
In a decision that’s been called the greatest expansion of union rights in decades, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled that if a corporation uses contractors or...
Sep 11th, 2015
Certainly a college should encourage idealism in its student body; but one place a bit of hard realism is sorely needed is the rental...
