UC lecturer strike averted as union hails tentative agreement as its 'best contract' ever
Source: LA Times
BY TERESA WATANABE, COLLEEN SHALBY
A massive two-day strike by University of California lecturers that threatened widespread class cancellations was averted early Wednesday after the union and university reached a tentative agreement on a contract that would strengthen job security and boost the pay by an average 30% over five years.
It is expected that classes will go on as scheduled, although there could be some early-morning confusion as word spreads about the agreement.
“We’re encouraging and advising members to teach today,” said Mia McIver, president of the University Council-AFT, which represents 6,500 lecturers. “We’re doing the best we can to get the word out.”
The long-simmering labor dispute had reached a tipping point recently as UC-AFT filed unfair labor practice charges over the university’s alleged refusal to negotiate a paid family leave policy and participate in confidential mediation. Both sides reached a resolution on those charges. The lecturers, who are non-tenured, teach one-third of UC undergraduate classes but had gone 20 months without a contract.
Read more: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-11-17/uc-bracing-for-lecturer-strike-and-widespread-class-cancellations
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