UC Berkeley to lay off nearly 150 employees
UC Berkeley will lay off nearly 150 employees this year, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau said Thursday. Some of the workers have already been notified, university spokeswoman Claire Holmes said, and most will be let go by June. About the same number of jobs will be eliminated through other means, such as retirements and voluntary departures… Birgeneau’s announcement comes less than a week after Gov. Jerry Brown proposed cutting $500 million from the 10-campus University of California system. The layoffs had been planned before Brown’s proposal was released, Holmes said, and it is not clear whether budget cuts could lead to more job losses.
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by Matt Krupnick, The Contra Costa Times.