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Updated 11/14/2003; 3:22:47 PM

Events in the United States of interest to the IIR community

	Tuesday, October 07, 2003

Union Organizing Remains Muddled in Chrysler Pact. Chrysler's new contract with the United Auto Workers appears to be of little use in the union's effort to unionize a plant operated by another DaimlerChrysler unit. By Danny Hakim. [New York Times: Business]
11:08:10 AM

US Air and Union in Dispute on Overhauls. By Bloomberg News. [New York Times: Business]
11:06:29 AM

Berkeley: UC student teachers stage 1-day strike

San Francisco Chronicle

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/10/04/BA246858.DTL&;;type=printable

Meredith May

October 4, 2003

GRADUATE STUDENTS WHO TEACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA went on a one- day strike Friday at eight of the system's nine campuses, including BERKELEY, to protest alleged bad-faith bargaining by UC officials.

Deans and other staff filled in for missing student teachers on some campuses, while UC Berkeley canceled a few classes and rescheduled others.

"It really didn't have much impact on us," UC BERKELEY SPOKESWOMAN CAROL HYMAN said. "The majority of sections were held as usual."...

UNION OFFICIALS claim the university is sending representatives to the bargaining table who lack the authority to make decisions. The university is also failing to schedule future bargaining dates, union officials allege.

UC OFFICIALS said in a written statement that student teachers have some of the best salaries and benefits in the nation, and expressed concern that proper impasse procedures were not followed before calling a strike....

Source: UC Berkeley in the News

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