The more clericals join CUE, the more likely UC is to take us seriously at the bargaining table. Our union is much stronger if it has your support and involvement. We hope you join, and help us shape our union. In December of 2000, CUE members overwhelmingly ratified a first contract that is one of the strongest union contracts at the University of California. CUE also negotiated groundbreaking new language governing work rules, which for the first time must be necessitated by business or health and safety reasons.
Work rules are the single most important factor determining the quality of our work lives.
This language will help ensure that we work under work rules that are necessary and reasonable, not arbitrary. CUE will begin bargaining with UC again early in 2001. CUE members will determine our specific bargaining priorities, but we hope to continue negotiating improvements in our wages and working conditions. We will need your support in order to make further gains in our wages and working conditions. We have elected a statewide executive board .