This month’s membership meeting at SFGH will be held next Tuesday, July 22, from 11:30am – 12:30pm in Café Conference Room #3.

Lunch will be served. So that enough food can be ordered, please RSVP if you plan to attend by calling 415-753-8783 or by email uptesf@upte-cwa.org.

This month’s UPTE membership meeting at Mt. Zion will be held this Thursday, July 10, from 12:00-1:00pm at 2340 Sutter St, Lurie Conference room (1st floor).

Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP by calling 415-753-8783 or emailing utpesf@upte-cwa.org so that there will be enough pizza and drinks for everyone.

This month’s UPTE membership meeting at Mission Bay will be held this Wednesday, July 9, from 12:00-1:00pm in Genentech Hall room S-204.

Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP by calling 415-753-8783 or sending an email to uptesf@upte-cwa.org so that there will be enough pizza and drinks for everyone.

1) Date-Bargaining session #6 at UC Irvine June 18-20, 2008.

2) The UC Bargaining team canceled two of the three days the teams were scheduled to meet. They were involved in trying to finalize an agreement with AFSCME. The teams met on Thursday of the planned three day session.

3) Members Speak Out-An Irvine Staff Research Associate (SRA) spoke about the problem of being misclassified during her career at UC. This was brought to her attention by UPTE, and she has been working with the local to be properly classified. Being misclassified brings with it, many negative effects. Besides suffering lower pay, it hampers career opportunities by not giving the person proper credit for the level of work performed. Scene technicians spoke from UCLA about the disparity between UC pay and the industry standards. The lack of shift differential for UC scene techs is also an irritant.

4) Our bargaining team discussed extending the contract in exchange for a written commitment that UC would no longer tie our wages to the state budget. This was flatly refused. Discussion surrounded the possibility of extending Compensatory Time Off (CTO) versus Overtime pay for certain job classifications, most of which are in theater departments. The team contacted several campuses, whose members would be affected by this issue. Feedback from members around the state overwhelmingly supported the team’s decision to not extend the contract. UC wasn’t interested in a limited extension; they wanted an extension of the whole contract. Not extending the contract pressures UC to negotiate a fair contract as soon as possible. We had many proposals to present to the university, but this was not possible since they were only available to meet one day.

5) Future Sessions-Bargaining is coming to your campus soon: Merced July 9-11, Santa Barbara July 23-25 (possibly adding 2 days, July 21 & 22); San Francisco August 6-8; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) September 9-12 (tentative); Santa Cruz September 17-19 (confirmed); Los Angeles October 8-10 (tentative); and Berkeley October 22-24 (tentative).

Submitted by the TX/RX Bargaining Team:

Kevin Rooney, UCSF, Chief Negotiator, TX-Sr. EH & S Technician
Arlene Schlosser, UCSD, RX-Staff Research Associate III
Bob Stevenson, UCSB, TX-Sr. Electronics Technician
Dieskau Reed, UCSC, TX-Computer Operator
Edgardo Vasquez, UCD, TX-Sr. Animal Technician
Juliana Emert, UCSD, TX-Animal Technician
Ling Morgan, UCI, RX-Staff Research Associate III
Mercedes Garcia-Mohr, UCSD, HX-Clinical Social Worker III
Mike Ghafari, UCI, TX-Animal Technician
Paul Haller, UCB, TX-Lab Assistant IV
Rita Kern, UCLA, RX-Staff Research Associate III
Vicky Barberini, UCSF, TX-Sr. EH & S Technichian
Victor Dorsett, LBNL, RX-Research Assistant
Zak Stelly-Riggs, UCD, TX-Sr. Scene Technician

This month’s UPTE membership meeting at Mt. Zion will be held this Thursday, June 12, from 12:00-1:00pm at 2340 Sutter St, Lurie Conference room (1st floor).

Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP by calling 415-753-8783 or emailing utpesf@upte-cwa.org so that there will be enough pizza and drinks for everyone.

This month’s UPTE membership meeting at Mission Bay will be held this Wednesday, June 11, from 12:00-1:00pm in Genentech Hall room S-271.

Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP by calling 415-753-8783 or sending an email to uptesf@upte-cwa.org so that there will be enough pizza and drinks for everyone.

1) Date-Bargaining session at UC San Diego May 21-23, 2008.

2) The UC Bargaining team canceled their appearance the day before bargaining was to commence. This was due to an expected AFSCME Strike. AFSCME and the University had previously reached impasse over their contract negotiations after 10 months of negotiating. The UC Chief Negotiator was called to Sacramento and has been handling both the UPTE & AFSCME negotiations. Due to UC’s last minute cancellation the UPTE Team was given the time to prepare proposals.

3) Members Speak Out-UPTE members that had planned on addressing the UC bargaining team gave their presentations to the UC “FAT CAT” that took their place. Their presentations were videotaped for presentation to UC at the next bargaining session. Computer Resource Specialists, Lab Mechanicians, and Recording Technicians made excellent presentations pointing out the wage disparities between their jobs and the market rates they lag so far behind.

4) The UPTE Bargaining Team was able to make good use of the time in preparing contract language for presentation at future sessions.

5) AFSCME announced a 2 day strike statewide for Wednesday, June 4^th & Thursday, June 5^th. The UPTE Bargaining Team will be honoring AFSCME’s picket lines and therefore has canceled the next scheduled bargaining session which was to take place at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).

6) Future Sessions-Bargaining is coming to your campus soon: Irvine June 18-20 (Berkeley Place (BP) Building, and Merced July 9-11.

Submitted by the TX/RX Bargaining Team:

Kevin Rooney, UCSF, Chief Negotiator, TX-Sr. EH & S Tech.

Arlene Schlosser, UCSD, RX-Staff Research Associate III

Bob Stevenson, UCSB, TX-Sr. Electronics Tech.

Dieskau Reed, UCSC, TX-Computer Operator

Juliana Emert, UCSD, TX-Animal Technician

Mercedes Garcia-Mohr, UCSD, HX-Clinical Social Worker III

Mike Ghafari, UCI, TX-Animal Technician

This month’s UPTE membership meeting on the Parnassus campus will be held this Thursday, May 29, from 12:00-1:00pm in room S-174, 513 Parnassus Avenue.

Lunch will be served. Please RSVP by calling 415-753-8783 or emailing uptesf@upte-cwa.org so that enough food can be ordered.

This month’s UPTE membership meeting at SFGH will be held next Tuesday, May 27, from 11:30 – 1:00pm, in Café Conference room #3.

Lunch will be served. So that enough food can be ordered, please RSVP if you plan to attend by calling 415-753-8783 or by email uptesf@upte-cwa.org.

This month’s UPTE membership meeting at Mission Bay will be held this Wednesday, May 14, from 12:00-1:00pm in Genentech Hall room S-261.

Please RSVP by calling 415-753-8783 or emailing uptesf@upte-cwa.org so that there will be enough pizza and drinks for everyone