Wednesday, July 29

Close election divides Mexico

As he discusses the recent Mexican presidential election, Alfonso Galindo offers to show his Mexican voting card, eagerly looking through his wallet hoping to find it. Read more...


UC files charges against nurses’ union

The University of California has filed charges against a nurses’ union, alleging the union was using unfair negotiating tactics during ongoing contract bargaining sessions. After the UC and California Nurses Association were unable to agree on three points during contract negotiations last year, both parties agreed to a special negotiation session that would allow them to sign a new contract in December of 2005 and begin negotiations in April. Read more...



News briefs

Professor emeritus of neurobiology dies at 91 Charles “Tom” Sawyer, a professor emeritus of neurobiology at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and one of the creators of the UCLA Brain Research Institute’s Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, died June 20 at the age of 91. Read more...




University workers protest possible salary deductions

University of California workers gathered Thursday to protest the possibility of having money deducted from their salaries and put into the UC retirement fund, saying the university has not adequately studied the fund’s financial health so salary deductions may be unnecessary. Read more...