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UC Librarians and the Union: A Historical Perspective

Submitted by msquitieri on March 27, 2006 - 15:19
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By Bill Whitson

Recently, a few UC librarians have asked, what has the union done for librarians over the years? What do our dues pay for? It's an important question, and deserves to be answered. This is my attempt to provide a broad historical perspective on what the union has and has not been able to achieve.

Librarians, LAUC-B and the AFT: The Struggle for Academic Status at the University of California, Berkeley, 1963-1991

Submitted by msquitieri on March 26, 2006 - 16:19
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By Bill Whitson

The history of LAUC-B is the history of the development of academic status—of a new, more challenging professional role for librarians.

Updated Librarian Salary Table

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TABLE 31A
LIBRARIAN SERIES
FISCAL YEAR

Salary Scale Scale Salary
Yrs. at 10/1/04 10/1/05
Rank Step Step Annual Monthly Annual Monthly
Assistant
Librarian		 I 2 37,920 3,160.00 38,676 3,223.00
II 2 40,560 3,380.00 41,376 3,448.00
III 2 42,996 3,583.00 43,860 3,655.00
Associate
Librarian		 I 2 42,996 3,583.00 43,860 3,655.00
II 2 46,008 3,834.00 46,932 3,911.00
III 2 49,224 4,102.00 50,208 4,184.00
IV 2 52,620 4,385.00 53,676 4,473.00
V 2 56,256 4,688.00 57,384 4,782.00
VI 2 60,132 5,011.00 61,332 5,111.00
VII 3 64,164 5,347.00 65,448 5,454.00
or ---
Librarian I 3 64,164 5,347.00 65,448 5,454.00
II 3 70,500 5,875.00 71,916 5,993.00
III 3 76,860 6,405.00 78,396 6,533.00
IV 3 82,416 6,868.00 84,060 7,005.00
V --- 88,848 7,404.00 90,624 7,552.00
VI --- 95,508 7,959.00 97,416 8,118.00
VII --- 102,480 8,540.00 104,532 8,711.00

Summary of Unit 17 Tentative Agreement

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The University and the Unit 17 bargaining team have arrived at the tentative agreement described below. This deal is being brought to the members for their evaluation because the team and the unit faces a significant choice: to take the terms offered, which the team leadership believes is the best we can do at this time -- or to reject these terms and return to the bargaining process. If the tentative agreement is ratified, the University will provide a 2% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) retroactive to October 1, 2005. If the members choose to reject this settlement and go forward with the bargaining process, the University will continue to hold back this cost-of-living adjustment.

Librarian Bargaining -- Tentative Agreement

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Below please find a description of the tentative agreement concluded in the current reopener bargaining between the Unit 17 and the University.

  • Salary -- 2% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2005 (retroactive to October 1, 2005); 2% cost-of-living adjustment in 2006; 3% cost-of-living adjustment in 2007. Payment of the cost-of-living adjustments in 2006 and 2007 is contingent upon the University's receipt of the funding levels specified in the current state budget compact. Funding for merit increases does not change.
  • Duration -- The entire contract is extended through March 31, 2008. (The current MOU expires on August 30, 2006.) The Union has the right to reopen Salary in the event that the state compact that guarantees these cost-of-living increases is not fully funded in 2006 or 2007, and the University does not otherwise provide cost-of-living adjustments of 2% by October 1, 2006 and 3% by October 1, 2007.
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