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Media Press Releases

Feb 4th, 2016

RELEASE: President Clinton other leaders asked to honor Speaker’s Boycott at UC Berkeley

Berkeley: The University of California’s largest employee union—AFSCME Local 3299 today called for a “Speaker’s Boycott” at UC Berkeley for the duration of the spring...

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Oct 16th, 2015

Students must fight for subcontracted workers’ rights

In a recently published LA Times article, Performance First Building Services, a private company employed by UC Berkeley, has come under fire for exploiting subcontracted...

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Oct 4th, 2015

UC Berkeley independent contractor investigated for allegedly underpaying workers, refusing overtime

An independent custodial contractor of UC Berkeley is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor on allegations of underpaying workers and refusing to pay them for...

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Oct 1st, 2015

University Contract Workers Wages –Or Lack Thereof– in the Crosshairs

Today (Oct 1), some contract employees working on University of California facilities will be seeing a pay hike to $13 an...