by Michael Burawoy | Nov 11, 2019 | Commentary, Weekly
AFSCME, the union that represents so many of our low-paid service workers, will be holding a 24-hour strike on Wednesday (November 13). They have been in negotiation with the university administration for two and a half years. The specific focus of the Wednesday...
by Michael Burawoy | Nov 4, 2019 | Commentary, Weekly
Janet Napolitano plans to step down as President of UC. In accordance with the Regents’ Policy 7101, the Academic Senates of each UC campus are charged with gathering information about each campus’s concerns, priorities, and recommendations and communicating this...
by Michael Burawoy | Oct 29, 2019 | Commentary, Weekly
We all know that Graduate Student Instructors are vital to the mission of the University of California. Graduate students depend on the remuneration and health insurance they receive for working as teachers to pursue their degrees. In recognition of the value of their...
by Michael Burawoy | Oct 21, 2019 | Commentary, Weekly
October is National Bullying Prevention Month, and if you were minding your in-box last summer for official statements from the UC Berkeley Administration, you may have noticed Vice Provost for the Faculty Benjamin E. Hermalin’s “Guidelines for Preventing...
by Michael Burawoy | Oct 14, 2019 | Commentary, Weekly
The BFA Board has just signed on to a proposal to provide paid family leave to all who work at the University of California. Most working residents of California have access to financial support for pregnancy, bonding with a new child, and caring for a sick family...