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Friday, May 14, 2021

Instructors' Labor Agreement

From the BruinThe University of California and University Council-American Federation of Teachers reached an agreement on COVID-19 working conditions after nearly a year of negotiations.

UC-AFT, which represents more than 7,000 faculty members, and the UC reached a finalized agreement March 4, and UC-AFT submitted a demand to negotiate fall 2021 reopenings April 7. This agreement covers a variety of work expectations during the COVID-19 pandemic, including enforceable health and safety protocols and protection for work hours and locations, performance evaluations and COVID-19 precautions for K-12 instructors. It also requires that reviewers take COVID-19 into account when evaluating reappointments or merit increases.

The union had been attempting to negotiate with UC management on COVID-19 working conditions since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, said UC-AFT President Mia McIver.

McIver said that when COVID-19 hit the United States last spring, UC management initially refused to bargain with UC-AFT over working conditions during the transition to online instruction, causing the bargaining process to be prolonged and last the course of 2020 spring, fall and winter quarters. The UC did not participate in a bargaining session with UC-AFT until July.

Ryan King, a UC Office of the President spokesperson, said in an emailed statement that the UC and UC-AFT reached an agreement in which the UC provided paid medical leave for COVID-19-related absences, enhanced health and safety guidelines, and consideration of the pandemic when conducting performance evaluations...

Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2021/05/11/uc-and-uc-aft-reach-agreement-on-pandemic-working-protocols

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