CUE in the News
- UC's unions resist pension contributions / Regents say workers need to pay into fund (San Diego Union Tribune 6/29/06)
- CALIFORNIA UC unions decry workers paying into pensions / Contributions by employees will be first in 15 years (SF Chronicle 06/29/06)
- UNDER PRESSURE: UC clerical workers feel intimidated by university officials (San Diego City Beat 7/5/05)
- University workers carry their strike to UC president's office (SFGate.com 6/16/05)
- UCR clerical union protests low wages (Riverside Metro 6/16/05)
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- Clerical workers picket (Davis Enterprise 6/15/05)
- UC clerical workers end strike on boisterous note (Inside Bay Area - The Argus 6/15/05)
- UCSC clerical workers demand action (Santa Cruz Sentinel 6/14/05)
- Hundreds of UC clerical workers strike (The Oakland Tribune 6/14/05)
- Losing at the Rate of Inflation (Inside Higher Ed News 6/14/05)
- Union Launches Three-Day Strike (The Daily Californian 6/13/05)
- UC CLERICAL WORKERS STRIKE TODAY (CBS 5 Bay City News Wire 6/13/05)
- Workers Strike At UCSD Hospitals (NBC San Diego 6/13/05)
- UC Clerical Workers Go On Strike (ABC 7 News 6/13/05)
- Includes streaming video of the story aired on ABC Channel 7
- UC System Hit by Clerical Strike (CBS 5 Eyewitness News 6/13/05)
- Includes streaming video of the story aired on CBS Channel 5 Eyewitness News
- UC system workers strike for third time (KPBS/NPR Public News Room 6/13/05)
- UCSC workers authorize strike (Santa Cruz Sentinel 4/2/05)
- University diverts funds (The Highlander 3/8/05)
- Workers, students rally for wages (Daily Bruin 2/25/05)
- Fact-finding panel issues report on UC/CUE dispute (Berkeleyan - UC Berkeley News 2/23/05)
- New report says UC had money for raises (The Daily Review 2/18/05)
- After negotiation impasse, panel recommends pay raises for UC clerks (San Jose Mercury 2/18/05)
- UC Workers Rally Against Low Wages (The Daily Californian 2/18/05)
- Panel: UC unduly denied raises (Oakland Tribune 2/18/05)
- Report says university has enough cash for increases for clerical workers
- Arbiter says UC clerical workers underpaid (SF Chronicle 2/18/05)
- Denial of raises to 14,500 called unjustified -- fact-finder suggests retroactive increases
- UCSC clerical workers rally for new contract, pay raises (Santa Cruz Sentinel 1/28/05)
- Less to bank on at state universities (Los Angeles Times 10/7/07)
Extra pay, perks continue to flow despite scandal -- Officials override rules to give more than $1 million to 70 execs (SF Chronicle 5/25/07)
- Pension Woes Dog UC Regents (East Bay Express 5/23/07)
- Parsky's Party (East Bay Express 5/9/07)
- Watching UC (The Press Enterprise 7/5/06)
- Most UC execs got sweet deals -- Audit says perks to 68% of top employees violated regents' policies -- board member calls longtime problem a 'systemic breakdown' (SF Chronicle 4/25/06)
- Offer letters from UC detail top hires' perks -- Enhanced benefits promised to recruits (SF Chronicle 3/13/06)
- UC piling extra cash on top of pay -- 8,500 top staffers pulling down at least $20,000 each in bonuses, compensation (SF Chronicle 3/13/06)
- UC PAY DEBATE -- Regents to hold closed-door meeting on pay -- They defend move, saying employee privacy is at stake (SF Chronicle 3/11/06)
- SENATORS DEMAND ANSWERS ON UC PAY -- Unreported compensation raises ire at panel's hearing (SF Chronicle 2/9/06)
- Severance pay plan for top execs to be halted -- University feared arrangement might run afoul of IRS (SF Chronicle 2/1/06)
- UC sets aside extra cash for top executives who leave -- Some who retire, take other jobs get 6-figure severance checks (SF Chronicle 1/27/06)
- Ex-chancellor to leave UC, pocket cash -- He won't need to return salary he was paid during year's leave (SF Chronicle 1/24/06)
- UC regents restructure pay plan for executives (The San Diego Union-Tribune 1/20/06)
- UC regents panel OKs salary plan giving president power -- Dynes will have authority to grant all raises under cap (SF Chronicle 1/19/06)
- The real scandal: moves to privatize higher education -- Fortunately, this is a choice that voters have not yet made and can still resist (SF Chronicle 1/15/06)
- Big changes sought in how UC raises pay Regents asked to give president more power to set salary levels (SF Chronicle 1/13/06)
- Salary controversy threatens UC's independence (SF Chronicle 1/4/06)
- UC'S PAID LEAVES CALLED 'BETRAYAL' REGENTS' EDICT IGNORED (SF Chronicle 12/23/05)
- Outside auditor to examine UC's salary packages: Faculty outrage prompts probe to find if policies were violated (SF Chronicle 12/20/05)
- UC Davis cuts deal to avoid bias suit: Ex-vice chancellor gets $205,000 job -- regents didn't know (SF Chronicle 12/19/05)
- BERKELEY - UC president promises increased disclosure about pay packages - Task force also will consider further policy changes (SF Chronicle 11/17/05)
- BERKELEY - UC regents boost next year's student fees - Assembly speaker's budget advice ignored -- administrators' pay raises move forward (SF Chronicle 11/17/05)
- TOP UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EMPLOYEE SALARIES (courtesy of SF Chronicle 11/2005)
A searchable database of highly paid UC officials statewide. - Outrage in Capitol at UC pay revelations School to 'address any shortcomings' (SF Chronicle 11/16/05)
- UC's hidden pay (SF Chronicle 11/16/05)
- CALIFORNIA - UC refuses to release executive raise list - Regents expected to vote on increases in pay and tuition (SF Chronicle 11/15/05)
- Services cut for students as high-pay jobs boom - 2,275 university employees earned more than $200,000 during the last fiscal year (SF Chronicle 11/14/05)
- Free mansions for people of means - UC system spends about $1 million yearly on upkeep (SF Chronicle 11/14/05)
- UC staffers get big pay hikes as services cut, fees raised (Associated Press 11/14/05)
- UC piling extra cash on top of pay - 8,500 top staffers pulling down at least $20,000 each in bonuses, compensation (SF Chronicle 11/13/05)
- Other perks include parties, gifts, travel (SF Chronicle 11/13/05)
- Newspaper: UC dishing out millions in bonuses, compensation (Associated Press 11/13/05)
- UC provost who quit got questionable perk - $125,000 payment for housing possibly violated policy (SF Chronicle 11/11/05)
- No.2 official at UC quits suddenly - University probes possibility of favoritism in hiring of friend and son of provost (SF Chronicle 11/05/05)
Archives
- UC In The News (2000-2004):
- UC Doles Out Broken Promises to Students, Princely Sums to Administrators (LA Times Commentary 5/18/04)
- College Presidents Are Hard-Working, Talented, and Vastly Overpaid (Chronicle of Higher Education 5/7/04)
- Crisis in higher education - UC's ill-advised raises (SF Chronicle Editorial 4/23/04)
- Big salary increases for UC top brass - Faculty pay is flat, tuition is rising -- $350,000 for new hire (SF Chronicle 4/22/04)
- Why UC changed advisers - Investments lost $2.5 billion, sealed transcript reveals (SF Chronicle 1/14/04)
- Fight over secret UC records - Judge may force regents in fund manager probe (SF Chronicle 1/8/04)
- Parting the veil (The Economist 12/20/03, U.S. Edition)
- UC gives out its VC data - Its funds performed no worse than other large pension funds (SF Chronicle 10/17/03)
- U. of California Pays Almost $1-Million to Settle With Los Alamos Whistle-Blower (Chronicle of Higher Education 8/22/03)
- Union Sues U. of California to Force It to Reveal Information on Investments' Performance (Chronicle of Higher Education 4/3/03)
- UC as anti-labor as ever (San Francisco Examiner 9/10/02)
- There's trouble in paradise as some critics bemoan UCI trip But organizers say vacation in Hawaii with boosters will pay off (Orange County Register, 4/12/02)
- UC's outrageous proposal (SF Chronicle, 11/14/01)
- UC may raise pay for top positions - Increases would dwarf those for faculty, staff (SF Chronicle, 11/9/01)
- UC Treasurer Quits Over Investments (SF Chronicle 8/15/00)
- More GOP donations preceded UC contract (SF Examiner 8/13/00)
- UC Treasurer Delays Offering Her Resignation (SF Chronicle 8/8/00)
- Move to ease out UC treasurer hits a snag - she won't go (AP Wire on SF Gate 8/7/00)
- UC Treasurer Expected To Step Down From Post (SF Chronicle 8/5/00)
- Conflict over different investment tactics
- Lt. gov.: University invited suspicion (SF Examiner 7/21/00)
- UC warned on tobacco stocks (SF Examiner 7/20/00)
- New pension fund investment plan would result in significant holdings
- A $59 billion prize (SF Examiner 7/18/00)
- Political donations and secrecy raise questions about management of UC's pension fund by outside consultants
- UC deal followed big gift to GOP (SF Examiner 7/16/00)
- UC Regent Parsky who heads George W. Bush's presidential campaign in California steered a UC contract to an investment firm after its boss gave $80,000 to GOP. More about Parsky