For years, the University of California has claimed financial hardship, a narrative used to win favorable treatment in the state budget process, and to justify a hiring freeze, layoffs of frontline workers, and tuition hikes on students and their families. But a clear, independent look at the numbers shows a very different reality. UC is […]
Liz Perlman
Liz Perlman is executive director of AFSCME Local 3299, which represents more than 40,000 University of California service and patient care workers in the state. The opinions expressed are her own.