UC's Yudof warns pay cuts possible for workers
…Schwartz emphasized that, before the university’s nurses, staff and other workers are asked to accept reduced salaries or work fewer hours, the state should take steps to adequately fund UC, which is California’s premier public university.
The state budget adopted in February includes $115 million in new permanent cuts for the UC system. UC officials say rising operating costs – including health benefits and utilities – combined with the budget cuts will push the system’s total shortfall over the next two years to about $450 million.
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by Jim Doyle, The San Francisco Chronicle.