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Custodians march for wage increase
BERKELEY -- Actor Danny Glover has canceled his appearance today as graduation speaker in solidarity with UC Berkeley custodians who have been fighting for wage increases for more than a year. Instead, university Chancellor Robert Birgeneau will give the commencement address, a university spokeswoman said Tuesday. ...
NEW: Glover cancels UC speech to protest janitor wages
BERKELEY _ Actor Danny Glover has canceled his graduation appearance in solidarity with UC Berkeley custodians who have been fighting for wage increases for more than a year. Custodians and students will march today in Sproul Plaza to demand that a recent proposal for pay hikes be implemented...
Glover may leave Berkeley speechless Actor-activist says he won't
BERKELEY -- Actor and civil rights activist Danny Glover announced Monday he will not speak at next week's University of California, Berkeley, graduation ceremony unless the university resolves a longstanding labor strife with custodians over pay. Glover, 60, is a San Francisco native who...
Gore cancels UC visit, citing picketing threat
The University of California, Berkeley, may not have many Democrats speaking on campus until the university settles an ongoing labor dispute with janitors, landscapers and cafeteria workers. Former Vice President Al Gore is the latest big-name Democrat to cancel a planned appearance after local members of the...
Union picket line waylays Nuez's convocation speech
BERKELEY -- A union protest threw a wrench Wednesday into the Commencement Convocation at University of California, Berkeley: The keynote speaker, Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuez, declined to give his address because he refused to cross a union picket line. "The speaker does not cross picket lines," Nuez...
Lowest-paid workers at UC Berkeley given raises
The University of California, Berkeley, has raised hourly wages for about 180 of its lowest-paid workers by as much as 20 percent, officials announced Friday. But the increase of the lowest hourly wage from $9.39 to $11.25 did little to quell unrest among employees who have been...
Cal's lowest-paid workers get raise
University of California, Berkeley, has raised hourly wages for about 180 of its lowest-paid workers by as much as 20 percent, officials announced Friday. But the increase -- which raises the lowest hourly wage from $9.39 to $11.25 -- did little to quell unrest from employees who...
Cal's lowest-earning employees get raises
University of California, Berkeley, has raised hourly wages for about 180 of its lowest paid workers by as much as 20 percent, officials announced Friday. But the increase -- which takes the lowest hourly wage from $9.39 to $11.25 -- did little to quell unrest from employees...
Cal's lowest-paid staff to rally despite raises
University of California, Berkeley has raised hourly wages for about 180 of its lowest-paid workers by as much as 20 percent, officials announced Friday. But the increase -- which takes the lowest hourly wage from $9.39 to $11.25 -- did little to quell unrest from employees who...
UC teachers want outside probe of executives' pay Newspaper reports
UC Berkeley faculty are circulating a petition requesting an independent investigation into "secret compensation deals" offered to UC administrators after a newspaper report detailed millions of dollars in perks and bonuses handed out to high-paid employees. About 55 faculty from University of California, Berkeley and UCLA have...
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