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May 27, 2:37 pm

Hundreds of UC faculty call to reinstate SAT, ACT requirements for STEM applicants

This post was updated May 28 at 12:04 p.m. More than 600 UC faculty are calling on the University to reinstate standardized testing requirements for undergraduate STEM applicants, alleging that students are not prepared enough for college-level coursework.  The faculty signed on to a letter asking the UC Board of Regents, the UC Office of the President and Academic Senate leadership to require undergraduate STEM applicants to submit an SAT or ACT math score, beginning with the 2027-28 admissions cycle. Read more...

Photo: An empty classroom is pictured. More than 600 UC faculty are calling on the University to reinstate standardized testing requirements for undergraduate STEM applicants, alleging that students are not prepared enough for college-level coursework. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Higher Education, News, UC

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May 25, 11:44 pm

IT employees across UC vote to join UPTE-CWA 9119 union

This post was updated May 27 at 12:30 p.m. More than 2,000 information technology and technical employees across the UC unionized Thursday. The employees voted to unionize with University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 – which now represents about 8,400 workers in its technology bargaining unit – forming the largest union of its kind in the United States, a union spokesperson said in an emailed statement. Read more...

Photo: Members of University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 march. More than 2,000 information technology and technical workers voted to unionize with UPTE-CWA 9119 on Thursday. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)

California, News, UC

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May 22, 8:32 am

AFSCME Local 3299 employees vote to ratify contract

This post was updated May 22 at 12:29 p.m. A union that represents more than 40,000 workers – and that has been in negotiations with the UC for more than two years – voted to ratify a contract with the University on Friday. Read more...

Photo: The American Federation of State, City and Municipal Employees Local 3299 vote on a tentative contract with the UC. The union announced Friday that its employees ratified the agreement, with more than 96% of participating members voting “yes.” (William Gauvin/Daily Bruin staff)

News, Regents, UC

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May 19, 10:56 pm

AFSCME Local 3299 members react to tentative deal as ratification vote begins

This post was updated May 21 at 7:58 p.m. More than two years into bargaining and just hours before an indefinite strike was set to begin, the UC reached a contract with a union representing more than 40,000 employees. Read more...

Photo: Members of the American Federation of State, City and Municipal Employees Local 3299 demonstrate outside of the Meyer and Renee Luskin Center. The union reached a contract with the UC just hours before it was set to go on an open-ended strike Thursday and is holding a ratification vote May 19 to 21. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)

Campus, Higher Education, News, UC

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May 14, 2:52 am

AFSCME Local 3299 reaches contract with UC after 2 years, cancels indefinite strike

A union representing about 40,000 UC workers reached a contract with the University early Thursday morning after more than two years of negotiations, averting an open-ended strike hours before it was set to begin. Read more...

Photo: People supporting the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 – a union representing about 40,000 UC workers – picket on UCLA’s campus. The union reached a contract with the University early Thursday morning after more than two years of bargaining, averting an open-ended strike hours before it was set to begin. (Ruby Galbraith/Daily Bruin staff)

Campus, News, Regents, UC

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May 12, 10:27 pm

UCLA plans for operational changes ahead of open-ended AFSCME Local 3299 strike

A union representing more than 40,000 UC employees is set to begin an open-ended strike Thursday. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, which represents service, skilled craft and patient care workers, has repeatedly alleged that the UC has bargained in bad faith throughout contract negotiations. Read more...

Photo: Members of the American Federation of State, City and Municipal Employees Local 3299 demonstrate outside of the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center on May 6, where the UC Board of Regents was meeting. The union is set to begin an indefinite strike Thursday. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)

News, Regents, UC

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May 11, 8:36 am

UC Board of Regents hears public comment on ICE, union concerns

Community members urged the UC Board of Regents at its May meeting to create immigration enforcement safeguards, address antisemitism and negotiate a contract with a union representing 40,000 workers. Read more...

Photo: Members of the UC Board of Regents listen to community members give public comment at its May meeting. Commenters urged the board to create immigration enforcement safeguards, address antisemitism and negotiate a contract with a union representing 40,000 workers. (Presley Liu/Daily Bruin)


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