UC - AFT NEWS

• Candidates' Statements for 2008 Elections
• Unit 18 (Lecturers) Newly Negotiated Salary Chart (See Lecturers' Contract Information
• Changes Coming to UC Retirement System (Mike Rotkin, UCSC)
• University of California Retirement Plan Contribution Rates, 1976-1993 (PDF)
• The Venuti Report: UC Retirement Plan -- Funding Issues
• UCLA Academic Freedom Flap
• UCLA Forum on Academic Freedom (video)
• The Great UC Social Security Scam (Robert Weil)
• UC Administrators' Compensation Packages

Like many members of the UC-AFT, Diane Bush of the UC Berkeley Labor Occupational Health Program came out to the CUE picket line to show her solidarity with the struggle of clerical workers for decent pay and benefits in June.

The University Council-AFT is the governance body of the eight campus locals of lecturers and librarians employed by the UC system. UC-AFT is the bargaining agent for units 17 and 18 systemwide. Although senate faculty are not currently protected by a collective bargaining agreement with the University, many belong to the UC-AFT for other reasons: legal protections, member benefits provided by CFT and AFT, and/or a political allegiance to the labor movement. The UC-AFT meets quarterly, and consists of the elected statewide officers of the council in addition to representatives from each UC-AFT campus local.

Officers and Staff
Bob Samuels, President		Ben Harder, Vice President for Legislative Affairs
Miki Goral, Secretary-Treasurer		Karen Sawislak, Executive Director
Alan Karras, Vice President for Grievances		Vanessa Tait, Editor, UC-AFT Perspective
Mike Rotkin, Vice President for Organizing		Fred Glass, CFT Communications Director