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UC and UAW Begin Contract Negotiations for Graduate Student Employees

The University of California and the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) Local Union 4811 began negotiations for a new contract for graduate student researchers and academic student employees (teaching assistants/…

UC Raises AFSCME Members’ Wages, Provides New Health Insurance Credits 

More than 37,000 University of California employees represented by the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Local 3299 (AFSCME) received a pay increase today to $25 an hour, or a 5% increase, whichever is greater, thanks to new terms…

Media Statement on May 1 UPTE and AFSCME Strike

The University of California has consistently come to the table in good faith in an effort to collaborate with AFSCME and UPTE to negotiate mutually beneficial contracts. We are disappointed by the union’s continued choice of striking as a negotiation tactic…

UC offers AFSCME last, best and final contract proposals

After more than a year of negotiations, the University of California today offered its employees, represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) union, a comprehensive and competitive last, best and final offer (LBFO…