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Aug 22nd, 2017
The University of California doesn’t always follow its own rules for deciding when it’s OK to replace university employees with less-expensive contract workers, according to a...
The University of California has failed to fully justify replacing employees with contractors, has allowed contractors to be paid less than comparable UC employees, and has...
Mar 18th, 2016
BERKELEY -- UC Berkeley, in what one of its unions hailed as a "historic victory for contract workers," has agreed to offer direct employment to all regular night shift and...
Dec 4th, 2015
BERKELEY -- Students protesting the pay and treatment of subcontracted custodians and parking attendants -- including some who work for a contractor under federal investigation --...
Nov 8th, 2015
Neither police presence nor rain could deter about 150 UC students from marching up the steps of University House on Sunday to rally for contracted workers’...
Oct 20th, 2015
Governor Jerry Brown vetoed legislation on Oct. 9 that would have guaranteed UC full-time contract employees the same minimum wage that UC employees earn. Currently, full-time...
Oct 14th, 2015
Demonstrators congregated Wednesday afternoon at the intersection of Bancroft Way and Telegraph Avenue, objecting to UC Berkeley’s conduct toward contract...
Oct 4th, 2015
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...
Oct 1st, 2015
Today (Oct 1), some contract employees working on University of California facilities will be seeing a pay hike to $13 an...
