• UC-AFT Librarians Ratify New Contract

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – OCTOBER 1, 2024 Media contacts:  UC-AFT President Katie Rodger (408-623-2601) UC-AFT VP of Unit 17 Kendra K. Levine (510-918-6093) UC-AFT Communications Chair Caroline Luce (860-778-8580) Librarians at the University of California, represented by UC-AFT (University Council, American Federation of Teachers), voted by an overwhelming majority to ratify a new collective bargaining…

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  • Bargaining Update #22 – Tentative Agreement – September 26, 2024 session

    Bargaining Update #22 – Tentative Agreement – September 26, 2024 session

    We’ve reached a Tentative Agreement! Your UC-AFT Unit 17 Table Team and the University have reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) on the entire contract. This means that both parties have mutually agreed on contract language for each article. More information and details about the full TA will be shared tomorrow so that you can read…

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  • Bargaining Update #21 – September 24, 2024

    Bargaining Update #21 – September 24, 2024

    Our UC-AFT Librarians’ Table Team had an extremely productive day today bargaining at UC Irvine. We began by passing counter proposals for all articles still in our court, including salary, professional development, and more. We had conversations with the University about a few outstanding concerns, and were able to “TA” (that is, come to a…

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  • Bargaining Update #20 – September 9, 2024

    Bargaining Update #20 – September 9, 2024

    Today our UC-AFT Unit 17 Librarian table team met with the University for our 20th bargaining session. Since our first bargaining session at UC San Diego back in November of last year, we’re averaging 2 bargaining sessions a month—which has helped us accomplish so much! But as bargaining today reminded us, we still have some…

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  • Bargaining Update #19 – August 27, 2024

    Bargaining Update #19 – August 27, 2024

    August is almost over, and students are back at Berkeley, Merced, and San Francisco. This month has been packed to the gills with bargaining dates! Today your table team met with the University one more time to close out the month, and it was a long and productive day! Read on below for the updates,…

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  • Bargaining Update #18 – August 22, 2024

    Bargaining Update #18 – August 22, 2024

    UC-AFT Librarians gathered today at the Berkeley campus for our 18th bargaining session. The Table Team was joined by numerous supporters from four different UC campuses who helped pack our side of the bargaining table. It was a fruitful day as we made progress on several articles. Let’s get to it! UC-AFT Proposals Article 12…

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  • Bargaining Update #17 – August 12, 2024

    Bargaining Update #17 – August 12, 2024

    UC-AFT librarians came back to the bargaining table to address several of the economic proposals. Our entire unit was disheartened coming out of the July 29 session, during which the University made insufficient counters on salary, professional development, benefits, and more. Today the table team returned with commonsense proposals that accurately represent what librarians need…

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  • Bargaining Update #16 – August 5, 2024

    Bargaining Update #16 – August 5, 2024

    Last week we had a discouraging bargaining session at UCLA, when the University shared disappointing counter proposals for salary, benefits, professional development funding, and more. UC-AFT returned to the virtual bargaining table today with productive counters on several articles. We were encouraged by a great observer turnout. Read on below for more details on our…

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  • Bargaining Update #15 – July 29, 2024

    Bargaining Update #15 – July 29, 2024

    We were back in action today at UCLA after our Summer hiatus. It was a pretty disappointing way to end July. (There was a brief moment of levity when a giant Green June beetle flew into the negotiating room this afternoon, but that was about it.) Exasperated by the University’s failure to pass serious and…

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  • Midsummer bargaining check-in – July 22, 2024

    It has been almost nine months since our contract negotiations began on November 7, 2023. Since then, your UC-AFT librarian Table Team has engaged in 14 bargaining sessions with the University. We’ve made significant progress on many of our proposals. Below is a recap of some of the key issues. For five months, The University…

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