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Oct 1st, 2015
Federal authorities are investigating allegations that a UC Berkeley custodial contractor underpaid workers who cleaned up after Golden Bears football games and other sporting...
Sep 30th, 2015
When it raised its minimum wage to $15, the University of California signaled that it valued its workers. Senate Bill 376, however, is testing just how dedicated the University...
As the Assembly convened hearings on how best to prevent the University of California from sticking its students with another tuition hike, several students spoke about the...
Sep 27th, 2015
Student and community activists organized a ”speak-out” for workers Thursday evening, raising their concerns regarding the campus administration’s use of subcontracted...
Sep 20th, 2015
Among the stack of bills sitting on Governor Jerry Brown’s desk is one pitting labor unions against the University of California. Introduced by Senator Richard Lara, SB 376...
Aug 17th, 2015
Several years before the company Chartwells was selected to operate restaurants in the newly renovated Lower Sproul Plaza complex, it faced backlash from food service workers at...
Aug 15th, 2015
There is a difference between acknowledging that a problem exists and solving the problem. Case in point is the University of California’s decision last month to enact a minimum...
Aug 12th, 2015
Michael Del Rio has worked for nearly three years as a custodian at UC San Diego's Thornton Hospital, reporting to the same bosses, working with the same colleagues and cleaning...
Aug 9th, 2015
According to the University of California's largest employee union (UC) system, the first 3299 AFSCME local chapter of the latest study found that the school continued dependence...
