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September 28th, 1995
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At
Membership meeting, Berkeley Local of AFSCME votes overwhelmingly to leave
AFSCME and begin organizing a new union
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October 15th, 1995
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CUE’s
first statewide meeting held
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March 1997
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CUE
gathers required number of signatures to hold an election for a new union
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November 21st, 1997
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CUE wins
election to be exclusive representative of all UC clericals with 63% of the
vote
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August 4th, 1998
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CUE begins
bargaining first contract with UC- a process that will take more than two
years!
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May 23, 1999
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CUE wins
2% Cost of Living increase for UC clericals due since 1998
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June 14th, 2000
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Berkeley
CUE members crash “Staff Appreciation day” and rename it “Staff
Depreciation Day.”
- Hunger Strike launched.
- “Fridays I work for
free-clerical salaries 21% below market” T-shirts launched.
- Weekly Wednesday rallies begin
afterwards, featuring noisy banging of pots and pans.
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July 2000
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Attendance
at weekly Wednesday rallies tops 200.
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August 2000
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UC
continues Unfair Labor Practices (ULPs) at bargaining table. Staff and
members organize building meetings discussing possibility of ULP strike all
over campus and at Office of the President (UCOP).
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October 2000
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Campus-wide
Town Hall meeting moves possibility of strike forward. Rallies organized by
clericals at UCOP right beneath bargaining room. University continues to
commit numerous unfair labor practices at the bargaining table, and issues
misleading flyer claiming that a strike would be illegal and threatening
discipline.
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November 3rd, 2000
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Strike
ballots mailed to all Berkeley/UCOP members
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November 5th -7th,
2000
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Tentative
agreement between CUE and UC on nearly all articles of contract reached and
finalized
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December 19th, 2000
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CUE
members approve new contract by 96% vote
Contract
contains 7.8% cost of living increase, merit/steps for ’99 & ’00, and
an extra step for topped out employees, among other improvements
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Second
Contract Campaign: 2001-2003
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May 30th, 2001
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Bargaining
for CUE’s second contract begins, with noisy and spirited rally beneath,
hosted by UCOP activists and attended by Berkeley and Berkeley Lab members.
Building management turns on sprinkler and calls police, but rally
continues
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August 30th, 2001
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UC
“offers” CUE a .9% wage increase in bargaining
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September 2001
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UC
increases wage offer from .9% to 1%
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October 30th, 2001
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CUE’s
Economist, Dr. Peter Donohue, speaks to crowd of over 100 at UC Berkeley
about the billions of dollars available in UC’s reserves
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March 14th, 2002
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Peter
Donohue returns to Berkeley as part of a statewide tour and speaks more
about his findings
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March – April 2002
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Subcommittees
begin meeting to plan logistics and timeline of a possible Unfair Labor
Practice Strike
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April 18th, 2002
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General
membership meeting approves motion calling for CUE to build a credible
strike threat
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May 16th, 2002
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General
membership meeting, attended by about 100 CUE members, approves motion
calling for strike vote from June 3rd – June 18th,
2002.
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June 18th, 2002
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The strike
vote is counted. About 60% of members have cast their ballots, and 86% of
voters authorize a strike.
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June – August 2002
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Momentum
builds. In the middle of the month, dates for the strike are announced.
Berkeley meeting attendance reaches 200, UCOP meeting attendance tops 40.
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August 26 – 28, 2002
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LOCAL
THREE’S FIRST STRIKE!
Covered by
LA Times, NY Times, CNN, all Bay Area news stations, 1000 protestors
surround campus. UCOP picketers march daily down Broadway. On Wednesday the
28th, hundreds converge in front of UCOP’s Franklin Building and
dance in the street to R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
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September 2002
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UC resumes
bargaining, but Unfair Labor Practices Continue.
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October 14th – 15th,
2002
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Clericals
and Lecturers strike Davis, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, and Riverside. Santa
Barbara CUEsters strike for a third day, and Irvine lecturers also strike.
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November 20th, 2002
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Berkeley/UCOP
members vote to approve second strike, pending advisory membership meeting.
Many members insist that future strike efforts must be statewide.
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Nov. 26th – 27th, 2002
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The Public
Employment Relations Board issues a complaint against UC for bad-faith
bargaining, and then denies UC’s request for an impasse to be declared in
negotiations.
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January 2003
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CUE and UC
enter voluntary mediation.
Berkeley/UCOP
members visit area legislators.
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March - April, 2003
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CUE and UC
reach a tentative contract agreement through mediation. Members ratify
contract #2 by a ratio of 2 to 1.
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May 12, 2003
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Contract
#2 is signed.
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Bargaining:
2003-2006
(Re-opener bargaining: 2003-2005; Successor
agreement bargaining: 2004-2006)
August 2003
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“Re-opener”
negotiations on Wages, Parking and Benefits begin.
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January 14, 2004
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California
Supreme Court rules in favor of CUE and other parties in a historic lawsuit
against the UC Regents. UC had failed to disclose minutes of an investment
committee meeting regarding important changes in the way investments were
made.
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April 21, 2004
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Major
clerical day crafts fair and membership drive celebration held
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June 2004
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Negotiations
begin on a full contract between CUE and UC, as re-opener negotiations
continue and eventually move into the impasse process.
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November 2004
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The UC
Union Coalition announces that it has prevented UC from increasing health
care costs for calendar year 2005.
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December 2004
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Clericals
are the only employees at UC not to receive two paid “bonus days” during
holiday closure, since UC had insisted that CUE forfeit any raises for
Fiscal year ‘03-04 as a condition of receiving the days. After initially
challenging this, other unions end up accepting the bonus days.
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February 17, 2005
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As part of
the impasse process for the re-opener negotiations, the Fact Finding report
is issued. Neutral Arbitrator Gerald McKay sides with CUE and rules that UC
can well afford raises for clerical staff! The story hits the front page of
the SF Chronicle the next day.
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April 14, 2005
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AFSCME,
the service workers union, stages a one- day strike across the state. CUE
sends UC an official notice that it will strike in sympathy. At Berkeley,
hundreds participate, including a number of CUE Members.
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May 26, 2005
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UPTE
stages another one-day strike across the state. CUE again participates.
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June 13-15, 2005
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In
response to the fact finding report, CUE strikes for 3 days across the
state. In northern California, the strike culminates in a large rally in
front of the UC headquarters.
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November 13, 2005
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SF
Chronicle launches its UC Compensation series, drawing significant public
attention to executive excess. (The series consists of more than 40
articles to date.
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December 2005
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CUE &
UC reach a tentative agreement for a full contract.
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February 15, 2006
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The new
contract is ratified. Among other features, it provides the following Cost
of Living increases, and also provides special increases for library
assistants.
October
2005: 3.50% (retro)
October
2006: 3.25% (subject to state funding)
October
2007: 4.50% (subject to state funding)
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July 26, 2006
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Protest
for “transit justice” at UC Berkeley draws over 60 people, including members
of CUE, AFSCME, UPTE, and city leaders. Workers occupy the hallway in front
of Vice Chancellor Coley’s office in University Hall for about 15 minutes,
chanting “Spare the air, Spare the air, carpool fee hikes are unfair!”
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July/August 2006
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UC calls CUE and other unions back in
for bargaining over the fate of the UC Retirement Program (UCRP) Pension
plan.
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August 29, 2006
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Kristina Lim’s first day at CUE!
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