Lecturers' Labor Negotiation News - Part 3

Various members of the state legislature have written to UC prez Drake concerning the current labor negotiations regarding lecturers. The letter says, in part:

We urge you to prioritize labor peace and job stability for lecturers by coming to an agreement with the University Council-American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT) that recognizes the contributions of UC lecturers with reemployment preferences. UC-AFT members have sought to address these issues in collective bargaining and have proposed solutions that are consistent with existing industry standards for public higher education in California. For years now, reemployment preferences for contingent faculty at all California community colleges and all California State Universities have helped balance labor and management interests and ensure that great teachers can continue teaching. It’s time that these same practices are adopted across the UC system. 

After two years of bargaining the University of California and UC-AFT have reached an impasse for a successor contract for lecturers. These teaching faculty members, who teach onethird of undergraduate credit hours, have been working without a contract since February 1, 2020. In May 2021, they voted by 96% to authorize their colleagues on the UC-AFT bargaining team to call a strike... 

Full letter at https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/UC-AFT-Letter-1.pdf.