THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES 3299 –OR AFSCME –HAS FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY AFTER THE DEATH OF ONE OF ITS CUSTODIANS IN APRIL. MEMBERS OF THE LABOR UNION SPOKE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE REGENTS MEETING, AND LATER SPOKE TO KCSB ABOUT WORKERS' SAFETY, AS WELL AS RECENT AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE U-C AND THE ORGANIZATION. 

KCSB'S NATHALIE VERA HAS MORE. 

Labor Union Files Complaint Against the University of California

The Army publicly declined Private Manning's request for hormone treatment in prison after coming out as transgender. 

Private Manning's Request for Hormone Treatment Denied

KCSB's news director, Nathalie Vera, spoke to student regent Cinthia Flores after the first part of today’s UC Regents meeting. Flores is studying her last year of law at UC Irvine, and completed her undergraduate studies at UC Los Angeles. 

Since Janet Napolitano’s appointment as UC president in mid July, Flores has helped mediate conversations between students and the UC president. Recently, a group of undocumented students and advocates of immigrant rights from various campuses across the UC system participated in a conference call with Janet Napolitano and Cinthia Flores to discuss Napolitano’s incentive to provide $5 million dollars for undocumented students. Flores briefs us on the conference call and explains how these funds will be distributed. She also speaks about efforts to enroll more transfer students, her current projects, and more. 
