UC teaching assistants approve 3-year union contract
More than 11,000 UC employees, all considered part-timers, are covered by the contract and earn an average of $16,000 a year, according to the union. UC officials say their total compensation is much higher when tuition rebates and other benefits are figured in. Daraka Larimore-Hall, the local’s northern vice president, said he understood that some people were unhappy with the wage increases compared to what he said were lavish salaries for UC administrators. But he said the contract was the best that could be reached during the state
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by Larry Gordon, The Los Angeles Times.