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Trashed

At UC Berkeley, recyclables end up in the landfill, outdoor plazas are drowning in litter, and gardeners spend their days collecting garbage. Welcome to the world’s greenest university.

Letter from President Kathryn Lybarger

Congratulations on a historic victory! Last Thursday, the overwhelming majority of the membership voted to put members first in our union. In an unprecedented moment of rank and file union democracy, 66% spoke out for real change – for better representation, contracts and a real voice in our union. Nearly 4600 members voted in the election, a first in our local’s history!

Supporting Our Supporters

If there were no workers on campus, the East Field would be dry, dining halls would serve fewer customers and bathrooms would never be cleaned. If there were no workers on campus at UC Santa Cruz, the nine other UCs, the five medical centers and other UC facilities, these facilities would not function at their current standards — in fact, they wouldn’t function at all.

UCI To Hire Custodians In-house Next Spring

Irvine, Calif., Oct. 17, 2011 – California Irvine and AFSCME Local 3299 announced today (Oct. 17, 2011) an agreement to complete the in-sourcing of custodial duties on campus.

The university will hire 94 full-time custodians by mid-April 2012. Many of these individuals have been working on campus through an outside contractor to clean classrooms, the recreation facility, offices and labs.