Unions, Furloughs, Together With Uc Unity
Friday, September 18, 2026
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The UC Office of the President has informed UC-AFT that Unit xviii lecturers volition non travel participating inwards the furlough plan. Contrary to or together with thus reports, our matrimony has non refused to convey pay reductions; rather, the academy decided non to purpose furloughs equally the principal manner of gaining salary savings from our unit. While nosotros were willing to possess got conversations almost the furlough excogitation amongst UCOP, the academy did non desire to response whatsoever of our most basic questions (how would the furloughs touching on our workers? how much coin were they trying to salve past times furloughing our people?). Most importantly, the academy would non compass us whatsoever information on past, present, together with futurity layoffs, together with and thus nosotros were unable to fifty-fifty get-go a conversation amongst UCOP.
Making matters worse, the UC has embarked on an anti-union campaign, which includes blaming the unions for non accepting the shared sacrifices of the furloughs. In this endeavour to pit non-unionized against unionized workers, the academy may possess got overplayed its paw because nosotros are forthwith witnessing an unprecedented collaboration betwixt represented together with nonrepresented workers inwards the UC system. For instance, over 10,000 UC employees, including non-unionized staff, students, together with senate faculty of late voted that they had no confidence inwards President Yudof's leadership. Also events are beingness planned for the coming months that volition aid to unite unions amongst nonrepresented professors together with other staff together with workers. While the academy engages inwards a carve upwardly together with conquer strategy, the students, faculty, staff, together with workers are uniting.
Making matters worse, the UC has embarked on an anti-union campaign, which includes blaming the unions for non accepting the shared sacrifices of the furloughs. In this endeavour to pit non-unionized against unionized workers, the academy may possess got overplayed its paw because nosotros are forthwith witnessing an unprecedented collaboration betwixt represented together with nonrepresented workers inwards the UC system. For instance, over 10,000 UC employees, including non-unionized staff, students, together with senate faculty of late voted that they had no confidence inwards President Yudof's leadership. Also events are beingness planned for the coming months that volition aid to unite unions amongst nonrepresented professors together with other staff together with workers. While the academy engages inwards a carve upwardly together with conquer strategy, the students, faculty, staff, together with workers are uniting.