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Union Workers Allege Unresolved Ucpath Errors A & E CHECK OUT OUR COVERAGE OF THE 43RD MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL PAGE 6 Independent Student Press Since 1971 BERKELEY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1871 BERKELEY, CA • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2020 AWARD-WINNING NEWSPAPER CAMPUS EVENTS UC Anthony Union workers allege Fauci talks unresolved UCPath errors COVID-19 Members of UC union receive inaccurate paychecks, late payments in campus livestream BY CAMERON REBOSIO BY MARIA YOUNG | SENIOR STAFF STAFF [email protected] [email protected] ore than a year after the Anthony Fauci, director of the campus deployment of the National Institute of Allergy and M payroll system UCPath, Infectious Diseases and member postdoctoral students and academic re- of the White House Coronavirus searchers continue to experience payroll Task Force, spoke virtually at an errors, according to several members of event held by the Berkeley Fo- the Union of Postdocs and Academic rum on Thursday to discuss CO- Researchers, or UAW Local 5810. VID-19 response. Neal Sweeney, vice president of The event was livestreamed UAW Local 5810, said many people and drew almost 3,500 view- have been underpaid or paid weeks ers, according to Berkeley News. late. He added that some employees During the event, Fauci predicted were unable to enroll in health benefits that a return to normalcy after the through UCPath when they started COVID-19 pandemic would hap- working and others have had their ben- pen slowly and might occur by the efits canceled without warning. SUNNY SHEN | FILE third or fourth quarter of 2021 if “From a university side, this may According to Neal Sweeney, vice president of UAW Local 5810, some UAW Local 5810 an effective vaccine were to be seem like simple bureaucratic errors, members are being underpaid by more than $10,000 at UC Berkeley on a monthly basis. available soon. but this has real substantial conse- “I think, ultimately, we will get quences for people who are not getting to fund basic needs. spokesperson Stett Holbrook said many back to normality as we knew it paid on time or receiving those neces- Campus postdoctoral student and of the issues that arise with systemwide before this, but it’s going to be a sary benefits,” said Ambika Kamath, union steward Stacey Frederick said upgrades like UCPath can only be iden- gradual process,” Fauci said dur- a campus postdoctoral researcher and she did not know she was not employed tified and addressed after the system is ing the event. “Restaurant num- head steward at UAW Local 5810. until she stopped getting paychecks and “live and operational.” According to the bers, theater attendance, specta- According to Sweeney, some UAW was unable to access her email. UCPath website, the last four deploy- tors at sports, all of that will come Local 5810 members are being un- According to Frederick, this is- ments are scheduled for this year. back gradually but it will come derpaid by more than $10,000 at UC sue had happened to her before and In Oct. 2019, California Gov. back.” Berkeley on a monthly basis. For UAW had taken months without a union to Gavin Newsom signed SB 698, which Fauci said disinformation on workers, these late payments can mean resolve. social media and a tense political falling behind on rent or being unable UC Office of the President PAYROLL PAGE 4 FAUCI PAGE 4 READ MORE CITY GOVERNMENT In schools, teach Berkeley police chief gives crime report kids acceptance BY MATT BROWN AND JACOB SOUZA STAFF [email protected] During the regular Berkeley City Council meeting Tuesday, Berkeley Police Department Chief Andrew Greenwood pre- GENESIS CRUZ | STAFF sented the city of Berkeley’s SEE PAGE 7 Berkeley Unified 2020 crime report, as well as the School District — and all pub- city’s first annual police use-of- lic schools — must teach inclu- force report. sive sex and gender education. Overall, crime has fallen by 1% in 2020, although marked shifts in some crime trends have Cal football gets been observed amid the pan- demic, according to Greenwood. back to practice After an initial dip in crime dur- ing the first months of the shel- ter-in-place order, some forms of theft have increased significantly. Catalytic converter thefts are JOSH KAHEN | SENIOR STAFF on the rise, and car thefts have Berkeley City Council meets in November 2019. According to Berkeley’s 2020 crime report, which was presented also “risen sharply,” with a 66% during Tuesday’s City Council meeting, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted some crime rates in the city. increase over the previous year, KAREN CHOW | FILE according to the crime report. from efforts to keep jail popula- any time at all,” Greenwood said While violent crime has been SEE BACK The Bears returned Greenwood was “cautious” tions low during the pandemic. during the meeting. “Choosing down overall, homicide has risen to Memorial Stadium on Oct. about speculating on causes but “Those cases, if they don’t to make your money that way compared to the last two years. 9. Facing plenty of changes, Cal attributed the increase to a rela- transform into a violent crime, or choosing to commit those In 2020, four homicides have is ready to tackle this fall. tively low threat of incarceration are not resulting in a person crimes — the consequence is for nonviolent crimes resulting staying in custody for hardly very low right now.” REPORT PAGE 8 Taking time to learn Mandarin ACADEMICS Students call for pass/no pass semester BY SABRINA DONG created the petition after seeing PG&E outages in California students are allowed to take SENIOR STAFF accounts of students struggling have put the UC Berkeley pop- one-third of their credits P/NP, [email protected] during online learning from vir- ulation at a higher disadvan- and further said while there JE.T. | CREATIVE COMMONS tual UC Berkeley student com- tage, because school and grades may be additional constraints SEE ONLINE While learning a A petition to the UC Berke- munities on platforms such as are now so reliant on a stable on major requirements, college- new language may seem daunt- ley Division of Student Affairs Reddit, LoopChat and Piazza. internet connection.” specific advisers can grant ex- ing and the process is certainly calling for a pass/no pass, or “Many students are also liv- Jennifer Johnson-Hanks, ceptions for students who have difficult, it opens up new worlds P/NP, grading option for all ing at home, dealing with fam- chair of the campus Academic “compelling reasons for an ex- and brings you to places you classes and major requirements ily life and distractions, as well Senate, said in an email that a ception.” never would have imagined. for fall 2020 has garnered 5,420 as the potential physical harms decision will likely be made on In the spring, many stu- Check out blog staffer Kris- signatures as of publication from COVID-19,” Kim said in the matter by the end of the dents actually switched back to tel Fung’s article on her own time since its creation Monday. an email. “On top of this, the week. language-learning journey. Campus junior Kaden Kim widespread fires and rolling Johnson-Hanks added that PETITION PAGE 8 2 NEWS THE DAILY CALIFORNIAN THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2020 ELECTIONS | 2020 FACULTY & STAFF UC Berkeley faculty members vindicate lecturer’s reputation BY JULIE MADSEN AND KELLY SUTH leased. He added that the letter STAFF was “immensely welcome.” [email protected] According to Scalice, in an online Faculty members in UC lecture Berkeley’s South and South- Aug. 26, east Asian studies department he spoke published a letter Friday to de- about nounce allegations that campus the lecturer Joseph Scalice is an CPP’s agent with the CIA. support These allegations surfaced of Ro- mid-August when José Maria Si- drigo JOSEPH son, founder of the Communist Duterte, SCALICE Party of the Philippines, or CPP, the UC Berkeley to host 2 polling began posting about Scalice on president of the Philippines. In his website and Facebook page, response to the lecture, Scalice according to Scalice. Seven cam- alleged, Sison had instigated a locations for 2020 elections pus faculty members signed the series of “attacks” on him. letter, which defended Scalice’s In an Aug. 25 post on his BY TAYLOR RUDMAN to 8 p.m. on Election Day. their phone numbers and re- academic reputation. website, Sison said Scalice’s STAFF “Not only are we a central- ceive a text message when it “It is absolutely not true, and claim that the CPP supported [email protected] ized resource for students, but is their turn to vote, a process it could be extremely damag- Duterte’s administration is an we also do a lot of advocacy that, according to Iwata, will ing to him,” said Paula Varsano, “outright lie.” Pauley Ballroom and the to push the work forward and limit large groups and lines. campus South and Southeast In the same post, Sison al- Lawrence Hall of Science will bring down barriers to voting,” Other regulations include Asian studies chair and profes- leged that Scalice is a “well-ex- be the two polling locations Iwata said about the ASUC early voting, which is also in- sor. “This is absolute slander. posed” agent of the CIA and is open on the UC Berkeley cam- Vote Coalition. tended to help limit crowds, It’s completely fabricated.” paid to write anti-CPP materials. pus for the upcoming election. The coalition’s other proj- and the Lawrence Hall of Sci- Sison could not be reached as Scalice said he is not affiliated With negotiations regard- ects include campaigning to ence location will also serve as of press time.
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