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		<title>Yee Introduces Bill to Stop Higher Education Executive Pay Hikes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> – Last year, both the University of California and the California State University hiked executives’ pay while raising student fees. Today, Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) will introduce legislation to prohibit pay raises for top university administrators during bad budget years or when student fees are increased. ]]></description>
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		<title>UCI To Hire Custodians In-house Next Spring</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 05:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<strong>Irvine, Calif.,</strong> 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. ]]></description>
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		<title>Workers, Students Praise Senate Rejection of David Crane As UC Regent</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[University of California employees and students joined together today to applaud the fact that no action was taken on the confirmation of David Crane, a controversial last minute appointment to the UC Board of Regents made by former-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, prior to the Senate’s recess earlier this month.  With the state legislature now in recess it is highly unlikely any action will be taken in time to confirm Crane to the UC Board of Regents as required by the state’s constitution.]]></description>
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		<title>Workers &amp; Students Drive Home Message at Millionaire Regent Marcus’ Restaurant</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme3299.org/2011/09/14/workers-students-drive-home-message-at-millionaire-regent-marcus%e2%80%99-restaurant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kokkarri Restaurant]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(San Francisco) - On Wednesday, Senator Leland Yee (D- San Francisco) will address the University of California Board of Regents and deliver a letter from prominent state Assemblymembers and Senators calling on the Regents to uphold the California State Budget mandate and honor their promise to keep low wage workers out of poverty. ]]></description>
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		<title>UC Workers’ Champion Lakesha Harrison to Chart Future of Higher Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3299 announced today that its President Lakesha Harrison has been selected by Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom as a member of the Working Group for the Future of Higher Education.]]></description>
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		<title>Governor Brown Signs AFSCME 3299 Transparency Bill SB 8</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO – A three year legislative battle has paid off for Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) today as Governor Jerry Brown (D-Oakland) signed Yee’s bill to bring greater transparency and accountability to California’s public higher education institutions – University of California, California State University, and the state’s community college system.]]></description>
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		<title>Newsom Announces Formation of a Working Group for the Future of Higher Education</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme3299.org/2011/09/02/newsom-announces-formation-of-a-working-group-for-the-future-of-higher-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the formation of the first working group from his Economic Growth and Competitiveness Agenda for California released last month.]]></description>
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		<title>Bill to Stop Executive Pay Hikes at CSU and UC Introduced</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme3299.org/2011/08/22/bill-to-stop-executive-pay-hikes-at-csu-and-uc-introduced/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the governing boards of the University of California and the California State University hiked executives’ pay while also raising student fees last month, Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) today reintroduced (SB 27x1) legislation to prohibit pay raises for top administrators during bad budget years.]]></description>
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		<title>UC Stakeholders Call for a New Era of Accountability and Transparency at UC as State Audit Released</title>
		<link>http://www.afscme3299.org/2011/07/28/uc-stakeholders-call-for-a-new-era-of-accountability-and-transparency-at-uc-as-state-audit-released/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, seventeen months after it was first approved by a unanimous vote of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC), the California State Auditor released the findings of an extensive audit of the University of California’s Revenues and Expenditures.]]></description>
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		<title>Lakesha Harrison&#8217;s response to further budget cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Statement from Lakesha Harrison, President, AFSCME Local 3299, in response to further budget cuts to the University of California.]]></description>
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