;/(;»33+6+652,@;/(;»33+6 CALLING ALL MODERATES:MODERATES : IT’S PARTY-PARTY - PICKINGPICKING SEASON,SEASON , AND POLARIZEDPOLARIZED POLITICIANSPOLITICIANS ARE IN IT FORFOR THETHE KILL. PAGEPAGE 7 VOLUME XLII, ISSUE XIV MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009 WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG <*)<+.,;*90:0: Union Cries he UC Commission on the Future visited T UCSD’s Price Center East Ballroom on Nov. 6 to ‘Shame’ on listen to the concerns and needs of the UCSD community. )JW]\ The UC Office of the \PM President claims to have created VA Labor the commission to collect public input on various aspects of the UC system — an effort toward creating a collaborative vision of Contract the university’s future. The commission will report back to the regents with its Union workers demand hours; .]\]ZM findings in the spring or summer hospitals argue that non-union University officials of 2010. Its body consists of more than than 25 members contractors meet labor standards. gather public and five working groups addressing the size and shape By Regina Ip suggestions for of the UC system; education Contributing Writer and curriculum; access and addressing the affordability; funding; and Local unionized construction workers are protesting research strategies. the VA Medical Center and Scripps Green Hospital’s fiscal challenges “The purpose of the use of private contractors, accusing the two hospitals of commission is to gather contributing to unfair wages and increasing statewide facing higher recommendations as to how we costs of health care. There are, however, conflicting might re-envision the future,” statements from different sources as to whether or not education. UC Santa Barbara professor this is the case. and “size and Construction trade union Carpenters Local 1506 is By Ayelet Bitton ONLINE shape” working claiming a labor dispute with William Rogers Drywall Read up on group co-chair — a non-unionized subcontractor — as well as with Staff Writer this year’s Cynthia Brown general contractors the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers coverage of the budget said. “Given the and Pacific Building Group. crisis. fiscal constraints, The USACE has been hired by the VA hospital, we want to think while the PBG is working for Scripps Green Hospital. in creative ways as much as The Los Angeles-based worker union claimed that possible.” these contractors are not meeting area labor standards, The commission is such as providing payments for family health care and conducting a listening tour, pensions. Union members are currently staging protests on which it will visit each UC at the two sites to encourage the hospitals to hire union campus to gather ideas from labor instead. staff, faculty and students “VA hospital has an obligation to the community to on how to best address the do all it can to see that area labor-standards contractors university’s financial crisis. The are used for construction on their hospital,” union heads commission has already visited announced in a statement. UC Irvine, UC Merced, UC However, according to William Rogers Drywall Santa Barbara and UC Santa co-owner Jim Horn, though his workers receive no Cruz. pension, vacation time, dental or eye insurance, their The Nov. 6 meeting at UCSD paychecks are comparable to union ones that have was led by a six-member panel: medical benefits subtracted from the total. UC Santa Cruz Chancellor and “size and shape” co-chair George See UNIONpage 2 Blumenthal, UC San Francisco ERIC WANG/GUARDIAN professor and “research strategies” co-chair Mary Croughan, UC Davis associate professor and “education and 37:-)64-),-:;,1;+=;;6=+4-):8:7/:)5 curriculum” co-chair Keith R. Williams, student regent and By Nisha Kurani who instead sent only foreign-ministry which was part of the 20th session Council condemned North Korea for “access and affordability” co- Staff Writer officials. Where defense officials are of the Northeast Asia Cooperation nuclear activity in April 2009. chair Jesse Bernal and UCOP meant to specifically address issues Dialogue — was not intended to result “The long-term aim is really to chief financial officer Peter Defense and foreign ministry offi- like nuclear proliferation and disarma- in immediate change in foreign policy. prevent the outbreak of military con- Taylor. cials from North Korea, the United ment, foreign-ministry officials serve “Major diplomatic breakthroughs flict in the region,” Shirk said. “We Chancellor Marye Anne Fox States and four other countries con- a more general purpose. are never expected to are hoping that this type of track-II opened the meeting with an vened at UCSD late last month to Ri Gun, director gen- result from these discus- dialogue will, over the long term, lay introduction, and was followed discuss regional security issues and the eral of the North Korean sions,” Shirk said. “It’s not a foundation for permanent official, by a brief speech from each global economic crisis. Ministry’s American going to achieve denu- multilateral security organization for panel member about his or her Sponsored by the UC Institute Affairs Bureau, attended Major diplomatic clearization overnight.” Northeast Asia.” specific area of focus. on Global Conflict and Cooperation, the forum along with breakthroughs Shirk said the late- Communication between the U.S. Pre-selected administrators, the informal meeting — which took special envoys Sung Kim, “are never October talks were and North Korea dwindled after North staff, faculty and students were place from Oct. 25 to Oct. 27 — fos- from the U.S.; Grigory expected to conducted to foster the Korea performed nuclear testing last then given time to speak, making tered talks between senior officials and Logvinov, from Russia; return of the official Six- April. Though North Korea remains way for an open comment academics from North Korea, South Huh Chul, from South result from these Party Talks, which were critical of official U.S. diplomatic period in which any member of Korea, China, Japan, Russia and the Korea; Yang Houlan, discussions.” initiated in 2003 when efforts, Shirk said the NEACD forum the public could voice concerns United States. Discussion focused from China; and Ishii North Korea backed is an attempt to encourage dialogue. to the commission. heavily on the North Korean nuclear- Masafumi, from Japan. SUSAN SHIRK out of the Nuclear Non- “We are hoping the discussion may “[The goal is] to hear weapons program. According to Susan DIRECTOR, UC INSTITUTE Proliferation Treaty and help six-party talks resume; if possible, Defense officials were present from Shirk, director of the ON GLOBAL CONFLICT discontinued when the See FUTUREpage 3 all countries except for North Korea, IGCC, the forum — AND COOPERATION United Nations Security See KOREApage 3 :762,5 -69,*(:; 50./;>(;*/ :<9-9,769; .(:7,9.(3365 05:0+, LOW Bush’s approval among Democrats MONDAY TUESDAY *VTPJZ Height: 4-5 feet Height: 4 feet $2.75 3PNO[ZHUK:PYLUZ was in the single digits. 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The VA Hospital claimed it unfair wages and, ultimately, re-allo- ;PMMHU`/HU union company to work for the hospi- has communicated with the union in cated taxes, when the state is forced to Readers can contact Regina Ip at Advertising Design and Layout tal,” Horn said. the past, though the union denied this. pay for the health care of uninsured [email protected]. )YHUKVU*O\,]HU*VVR2PT*VVWLY Distributors According to Scripps Green The VA hospital released a state- workers. 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