"The proposed deals include what union negotiators described as the strongest protections in the country for international student workers, along with sizable pay increases over four years. If union members vote to ratify the four-year contracts this week, they would cover roughly 40,000 workers at UC Berkeley and the other nine UC campuses."
"The tentative agreement they reached, covering some 28,000 graduate student workers, including 15,000 at UC Berkeley, includes pay raises ranging from about 3% to 6% annually for salaried workers depending on job category and experience, a guarantee that teaching assistants will receive appointments of at least half-time, and increased child care benefits."
"The university would set up a $400,000 legal fund for international workers, allow them to take up to three weeks of paid leave to handle visa issues, and rehire them if their visas are temporarily revoked and then restored."
University of California graduate student workers and professional staff reached tentative agreements with the university after months of negotiations focused on cost-of-living increases and international worker protections. The proposed four-year contracts cover approximately 40,000 workers across UC Berkeley and nine other UC campuses. Three separate bargaining units represented by the United Auto Workers union negotiated the deals after authorizing a strike and conducting pickets. The agreements include pay raises of 3-6% annually for salaried workers, guaranteed half-time appointments for teaching assistants, increased child care benefits, and comprehensive protections for international workers including a $400,000 legal fund, up to three weeks paid leave for visa issues, and rehiring guarantees if visas are temporarily revoked.
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