03/04/2004
Election Results
The Public Employee Relations Board (PERB) has completed counting the ballots in the AP staff representation election, thereby deciding the question of whether UC administrative professionals would be represented by the University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE) union. Here are the official results:
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02/18/2004
UC Administrative Professionals Election Dates
Wednesday, February 11, 2004: The Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) mails a ballot to the home address of each eligible voter.
Wednesday, March 3, 2004, 3:00 p.m.: Voted ballots must be received by PERB by this date and time in order to be counted.
Eligible voters who do not receive a ballot in the mail as of February 18, 2004 may call PERB at (916) 322-3198 to request a duplicate ballot. Voters may call collect during this period. Only the voter him/herself may request a duplicate ballot. Requests for duplicate ballots will be accepted by PERB from February 18 through 24, 2004, excluding Saturday and Sunday, ONLY, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
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02/06/2004
Update on Administrative Professionals Election - Overview of Key Election Issues
UC Administrative Professionals: VOTING BEGINS FEB. 11 - CAST AN INFORMED VOTE Voting for the UPTE AP staff representation election will take place February 11 - March 3. UC strongly encourages AP employees to educate themselves about how this might impact their employment in order to cast an informed vote. OVERVIEW OF KEY ISSUES More.
02/03/2004
Memo: Election Update for Administrative Professional Staff
Dear UCLA Administrative Professional:
An important election has been scheduled. You and other administrative professionals within the University of California will be voting to determine whether or not you wish to be exclusively represented by a union --- the University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE), which is affiliated with the Communication Workers of America (CWA). This new bargaining unit would include more than 12,000 employees across the UC system. The Public Employment Relations Board (PERB), which will be overseeing this election, has set the election for February 11 through March 3, 2004.
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01/14/2004
Memo: Union Petition for Administrative Professional Staff Election Update
As we informed you last year, the University Professional and Technical Employees/Communication Workers of America (UPTE/CWA), one of UC’s labor unions, filed a petition with the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) requesting an election to unionize the University’s approximately 12,000 Administrative Professionals systemwide. An election has been sanctioned and is in the process of being scheduled. More.
01/14/2004
UCLA Titles included in the Administrative Professionals Election
UPTE is seeking to represent the University's Administrative Professionals, a diverse group of staff in administrative, financial, programming, student affairs and other professional titles. This list shows the UCLA titles that are included in the petition. More.
01/13/2004
UC AND UPTE STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES Administrative Professional Representation Election
The University of California (UC) and University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE) adopt the following principles with respect to the representation election in which administrative professional employees will decide, by secret ballot vote, whether or not to select UPTE as their representative in dealing with UC over terms and conditions of employment
by UPTE. More.
10/06/2003
Frequently Asked Questions
About Union Representation
As you may know, the University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE) union
(affiliated with the Communication Workers of America), is seeking to represent a group of approximately 13,000 UC employees that currently are not unionized. This diverse employee group
includes positions such as Student Affairs Officers, Senior Analysts, Administrative Specialists, Program Representatives, Programmer Analysts, Senior Editors, Buyers, Accountants, and Statisticians (see attached list for all positions). If you are in one of these positions, and if UPTE is successful in its election, you would be included in the bargaining unit and represented
by UPTE. More.
09/30/2003
Administrative Professionals
(Unit 99) Election Update
UPTE’s petition for an election to unionize the University’s 12,000 Administrative Professionals has been accepted by the Public Employee Relations Board. The timing of the election will depend on how quickly the pre-election phase will be completed. More.
08/29/2003
Administrative Professionals
(Unit 99) Petition for Representation by UPTE-CWA
UPTE, the union which currently represents University technical, research support,
and health care professional employees, filed a petition for representation
with the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB)
on May 29. The petition seeks an election to determine whether UPTE should
become the exclusive representative for many of our professional staff,
including designated employees in administrative, computer, student affairs
officer, and other titles. As exclusive representative, UPTE would bargain
wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment for all employees in the
bargaining unit. These employees are currently covered by Personnel Policies
for Staff Members. More.
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