News Report: Strike Vote of Lecturers

From CBS-San Francisco: Lecturers at the University of California have authorized a potential strike, more than a year after their contract expired. According to the University Council-American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT), which represents non-tenure track faculty, 96% of lecturers approved the strike authorization in a vote held last week. Union officials said their last agreement expired 16 months ago and that they have been holding collective bargaining negotiations for more than two years. It is the first time the lecturers have authorized a strike in more than two decades...

The union said while some progress was made in negotiations, they argued the UC has not introduced proposals on evaluation and rehiring processes and failed to renew contracts of about 2,000 lecturers despite promising no layoffs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Union officials also claimed that lecturers have been denied a 3% cost-of-living adjustment extended to other UC faculty and employees... In a statement, UC-AFT stressed that a strike would not happen immediately and that they hope issues raised by lecturers are addressed in upcoming negotiations... A spokesperson from the University of California Office of the President released a statement to KPIX 5 Monday afternoon saying that they remain hopeful an agreement would be reached.

Full story at https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/06/01/university-of-california-lecturers-uc-aft-strike-authorization-vote/.