Contract with union results in wage increase for skilled trades workers

UCLA and the union for campus skilled trades workers ratified a new five-year contract, university officials announced Thursday afternoon. The 600 skilled trades workers will receive a 12.5-percent wage increase and 3-percent annual increases starting July 1. Employees hired on or before Oct. 16, 2012, will receive an additional $2,000 and non-probationary employees hired after […]

Rep. John Lewis to receive UCLA Medal, deliver lecture at Royce Hall

A civil rights leader and current congressman will come to UCLA on Monday to receive the UCLA Medal and deliver a lecture. Rep. John Lewis, a Democrat from Georgia, will deliver the 5th Annual Winston C. Doby Distinguished Lecture at Royce Hall. Patricia Turner, senior dean of the UCLA College of Letters and Science, said […]

Former UCLA basketball player Anita Ortega to give commencement address

This post was updated April 4 at 7:42 p.m. Anita Ortega, a former UCLA women’s basketball player, will deliver the UCLA College commencement address in June, UCLA officials announced Tuesday. Ortega, who was also the first African-American woman to serve as a Los Angeles Police Department area captain, will speak in the UCLA College of […]

System-wide UC Title IX coordinator discusses complaint process

Kathleen Salvaty, the new system-wide Title IX coordinator for the University of California, said she thinks calls for greater transparency in the adjudication process need to be balanced with the privacy of complainants. In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness month, Salvaty organized a press conference with UC student newspapers to discuss resources for student complainants. […]

UC reduces investment in oil companies linked to Dakota Access pipeline

The University of California has reduced its investments in two oil companies with ties to the Dakota Access pipeline. UC spokesperson Claire Doan said in an email that the University has reduced investments in Energy Transfer Partners Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. and other fossil fuel companies as part of its broader investment strategy, which follows […]

University of California to partner with Mexico on energy efficiency research

Researchers from the University of California and Mexican universities will now have access to millions of dollars to collaborate on energy efficiency research projects. In Mexico City on Thursday, UC President Janet Napolitano joined Pedro Joaquín Coldwell, the Mexican Secretary of Energy, to announce a request for proposals that would award up to $10 million […]

UC, workers union reach tentative agreement on clerical employee contract

The University of California and a union representing UC workers announced a tentative agreement on a contract Thursday after almost a year of negotiations. The bargaining team and executive board for Teamsters Local 2010, which represents about 12,000 UC administrative and clerical workers, unanimously recommended adopting the contract, which includes terms for wage increases, health […]