This post was updated April 4 at 11:11 a.m. A UCLA professor is leading a project to create a new tool to gather data about one of Jupiter’s moons. NASA is designing a spacecraft, called Europa Clipper, to orbit Europa and take measurements of its magnetic field and its ocean’s depth and salinity using a […]
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Union to hold strike in response to UC’s alleged intimidation of workers
University of California service and patient care workers will strike April 10. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, the UC’s largest employee union, announced Friday it will hold a systemwide strike April 10 in response to the UC’s alleged intimidation of workers, according to an AFSCME Local 3299 press release. AFSCME […]
Organization files lawsuit against UCLA for not complying to public records request
This post was updated March 28 at 2:11 p.m. A nonpartisan free speech organization filed a lawsuit Wednesday against UCLA because the university did not comply with a public records request filed last year in a timely manner. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education filed a public records request to UCLA in March 2018, […]
AFSCME Local 3299 files Unfair Labor Practice charge against UC
A labor union filed charges Monday against the University of California for allegedly intimidating striking workers. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, the UC’s largest employee union, filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge with the California Public Employment Relations Board, alleging the UC illegally intimidated strikers through workplace retaliation, threats of […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at union rally, urging UC to negotiate fair contract
U.S. senator and 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders spoke in support of University of California unions during a strike Wednesday. Sanders spoke to more than 400 striking workers, students and supporters about the importance of labor unions at a University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America rally. UPTE-CWA 9119, a union that represents about […]
Open access to research remains focus for UC after end to Elsevier negotiations
This post was updated April 3 at 3:32 p.m. The University of California reaffirmed its commitment to promoting open access to research by terminating its negotiations for a new contract with a scientific journal publisher, UC negotiators and students said. The UC’s previous contract with Elsevier, a publisher of over 2,500 scientific journals, expired Dec. […]
UC Board of Regents tables vote to increase nonresident tuition
The University of California Board of Regents postponed a vote to increase nonresident tuition until its meeting in May. The board tabled the vote Thursday after the Finance and Capital Strategies Committee voted Wednesday to recommend the Regents increase nonresident tuition by $762. UC President Janet Napolitano said it has become more difficult for the […]