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A Newsletter for Professional and Technical Employees at the University of California a newsletter for professional and technical employees at the University of California UP n n n n n UPDATE CWATE 9119 AFLn CIO Thousands of UC administrative professionals University Professional sign cards for UPTE-CWA representation & Technical Employees, ver the last three months, out one, the university ignores us. committees are gathering signed ley student services advisor, who is “confident that organizing with Communications Workers of hundreds of UC adminis- It is time for us to have a union.” cards supporting a vote on UPTE trative professionals have Without the protection of a representation. UPTE will provide both protection America 9119 • AFL-CIO Oreached out to their co-workers in union contract, administrative pro- Once enough employees have and improvements going forward.” one of the largest union campaigns fessionals (or APs) remain the UC signed, the cards will be given to Some 80,000 UC workers are (510) 704-UPTE ever launched in the UC system. employees most at risk of being California’s Public Employment already covered by union contracts, For Dora Scott, an analyst at affected by budget problems. The Relations Board, which will hold and have the ability to negotiate lan- [email protected] UCSF, the reason is simple: “It is AP unit consists of some 16,000 an election for union representa- guage about salaries, pensions, health www.upte.org time for us to have a voice. With- employees with a wide variety of tion. “Better yet, if more than 50% benefits, and health and safety on the job titles, who do everything from of APs sign UPTE cards, under job. UPTE currently represents about computer programming and budget state law, no election will be nec- 12,000 of them, including large units preparation to counseling and essary,” added Pavlik. of UC researchers, technical employ- library reference. ees, and health care professionals, all The past few months have Pay and job security top of whom received improved pay and been a great success. “Thousands agenda protections in recent negotiations. of us have signed authorization “We believe APs, like all staff, “It’s in everyone’s interest to cards to form a union – a strong deserve a voice in decision-making have stronger unions at UC,” said majority of those we have spoken about salaries, pension contribu- Greenman, “especially as we come to,” said Keith Pavlik, a senior tions, health care costs, and layoff together to negotiate over any chang- publications coordinator at UCSF. policies,” according UC Berkeley es to our pensions and benefits.” coworkers Nancy Kato, an assistant Like many of her UC colleagues, The power of a collective registrar, and Jean Day, a senior she’s been asking her co-workers to voice editor. They cite UPTE’s “excellent sign up and get involved. “The most effective way record” of bargaining fair contracts Details on the campaign, includ- to protect our interests as UC and promoting professional devel- ing a list of job titles in the AP unit, is employees is for all 16,000 of us opment for UC employees. at <www.APsforUPTE.org>. Join the to bargain collectively with UC Being in a union makes a discussion on Facebook too: <www. facebook.com/APsforUPTE.org>. UC Irvine administrative professionals Joanna Itoh (Admissions Manager), Jeffrey A. management,” said Pavlik. In “positive difference” according to Stern (Programmer/Analyst III), Sue Cross (Sr. Learning Skills Counselor) order to do that, AP organizing Jessea Greenman, a UC Berke- and Nola Colman (Sr. Admin Analyst) say “We support UPTE!” District attorney charges UCLA professor and UPTE LOCALS After UC refused to allow UPTE to dedicate Berkeley/UCOP UC regents in death of lab worker the new RX/TX contract to Sangji’s memory, (510) 848-UPTE n a case that has drawn nation- until March 7 to allow one more the union printed this label for members to add to their copy of the union contract. Davis: al attention, the death of lab month for negotiations. It’s available by request from worker Sheri Sangji is in the Sangji, a 23-year old recent (530) 759-0803 your UPTE local. newsI again. UCLA is negotiating chemistry graduate of Pomona UPTE-CWA 9119 dedicates Irvine: with the Los Angeles County Dis- College, was fatally injured on De- this contract to SHEHARBANO “SHERI” SANGJI (949) 854-UPTE trict Attorney over settling three cember 29, 2008 by a flash fire in LBNL: felony charges filed December 27 Harran’s lab while she was trans- (11/2/85-1/16/09) STAFF RESEARCH ASSOCIATE (510) 665-7722 against the regents, UCLA, and ferring a highly reactive chemical chemistry professor Patrick Harran that ignites when exposed to air. who was fatally burned in a Livermore/SPSE: for willful violations of workplace She died 18 days later as a result UCLA chemistry lab fire. (925) 449-4846 health and safety standards, which of burns to 43 percent of her body UPTE-CWA negotiated stronger Los Alamos: resulted in her death. and inhalation exposure. safety language to help prevent (505) 662-4679 Harran could face up to 4 1/2 future workplace tragedies. w Los Angeles: years in a state prison and UCLA The investigation During an could be fined $1.5 million. Harran earlier, four-month job “As a ju- He (310) 443-5484 Although UCLA claims and UC’s lawyers had appeared in that Sangji was an “experienced nior level chemist, she was closely failed to provide Merced: court for an arraignment on February chemist” and could have prevented supervised and did not perform any Sangji appropriate personal protec- (510) 848-UPTE 2, when the judge continued the case her own death, here are the main independent experimental work tive equipment or to ensure that it Riverside: findings of the Cal/OSHA in the lab without direct guidance was used in his lab. The method she (951) 781-7922 DEMAND JUSTICE: Bureau of Investigations from her supervisor due to her lim- used to transfer the chemical was ited prior laboratory experience.” “contrary to both the procedures out- San Diego: Contact LA’s District Attorney report that underpins the criminal charges: w Harran had not discussed lined by [the manufacturer], as well (858) 458-0845 Sheri and her family deserve justice. w As an undergradu- with Sangji the hazards of work- as prevailing scientific literature.” Send a message that university labs must w San Francisco: ate, Sangji’s research ing with the chemical; failed to ask UCLA had a history of failing provide safe working environments for their (415) 753-UPTE involved taking mea- whether she was familiar with it to take necessary precautions to pre- employees, whether student or staff. vent injurious incidents, and failed to Santa Barbara: surements and peptide “prior to directing her to use it”; and admitted that he never tried to act after two graduate students were (805) 685-3661 EMAIL Los Angeles DA Steve Cooley at synthesis. Chemicals that [email protected] or call him burn when exposed to determine whether she had actually seriously injured in the very same Santa Cruz: at (213) 974-3512. Some suggestions for air “were not used in the been trained by his senior researcher, department a year before, and even a (831) 429-UPTE what to include in your message are at undergraduate classroom even though he acknowledged the week before Sangji’s fatal fire. <www.upte.org/takeaction>. setting.” chemical was extremely hazardous. (continued on page 3) Volume 18, Number 1 n February 2012 Organizing for fairness UPTE’s health care professionals (HX) bargaining team. Back row: Jamie McDole (UCD), Tom Brewer (UCLA), Jason Rosenbury (UCSF), TK Lee (UCSD). Front row: Susan Rode (UCB), Wendi Felson (Chief Negotiator), Sonia Palacio (UCI). Solution for California: the Millionaire’s Tax Real budget solutions for UC and the rest of the public sector services in California depend on the state’s wealthy paying adequate taxes. UPTE has joined community groups and other unions to support the Mil- lionaire’s Tax initiative. The tax will raise $6 billion annually from those who make more than $1 million a year. These are the top 1/3 of the top Eventually, UC would have been able “At that point, many of the other UC 1%, the most wealthy of the wealthy. Researchers, techs to force us to pay the additional 0.5% for the unions and UPTE’s TX/RX units will be gain voice in benefits existing pension plan. In return for agreeing negotiating over the same pension and retiree Millionaires make their fortunes be- now, we were able to obtain these significant issues, giving us more collective strength at PTE-CWA’s 12,000 technical (TX) cause the state educates those concessions, which will allow us to shape the the table,” said Sonia Palacio, a UC Irvine and researcher (RX) employees future of health benefits and retiree benefits. clinical social worker and member of UPTE’s entering the workforce, the state ratified a supplemental agreement team. “HX is a smaller unit and UC clearly builds roads and other infrastructure, Uon benefits and pension in January. UPTE’s hopes it can drive a wedge between us by and the state provides the critical bargaining team used UC’s desire to bring HX bargaining at forcing HX to knuckle under,” she added. social services our families need so TX and RX workers up to the same level of critical juncture we can be productive working at their contributions as other employees as leverage Maintaining solidarity jobs. Wealthy Californians who make to get more of a say in the development of C’s bargaining behavior with UPTE’s team has made it very clear that our benefits.
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