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Council on Student Fees

The Council on Student Fees (CSF) was founded as an advisory committee to the UCSA. It is made up of the chairs of the Student Fee Advisory Committees (SFAC) or Registration Fee Advisory Committees (RFAC) at each of the nine University of California campuses. It is the student advisory board on systemwide matters regarding the use of Registration Fees and the provision of student services to the UCSA and the council of Vice Chancellors. It also serves as a forum and clearinghouse to discuss campus policies on registration and campus based fees, as well as develop positions on systemwide fee policy issues, advocating for students. CSF is an independently funded program of UCSA and works with UCSA to represent students in systemwide student fee policy deliberations.

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Collective Bargaining Program

Collective Bargaining Handbook

History
In the 1970's, UCSA's predecessor, the UC Student Lobby, fought for student representation in collective bargaining between the University of California and its employees on the basis that students were affected by the outcomes of these negotiations. The Higher-Education Employee Relations Act (HERRA, 1978) gave students limited rights as third-party participants. UCSA is officially designated to coordinate the Collective Bargaining Program.

The Collective Bargaining Program recruits and trains students to participate in contract negotiations between the UC administration and unions.

The Role of the Students
Throughout the year, unions meet with the University to discuss either a whole new contract or just a few specific issues within the contract. These meetings take place throughout California. Often the union sends representatives from every campus to the meeting as does the University.

HERRA designates up to two students (one official representative and one aide) participate in these meetings as a third party. Student representatives are there to learn about the collective bargaining process, keep notes on any issues that may be important to students, and are free to comment (with the knowledge that they are doing so as a representative of 200,000 students).

It is the duty of the student representatives to assess the impact of certain items in the contract. For example: How would a proposal affect work and study conditions for students? How would a proposal affect student fees? Will this impact a certain group of students on campus? After the meeting, the student representatives report back to UCSA on any issues on which the organization might need to take an official stance. However, "rules governing confidentiality" of the negotiations will be respected to the highest degreee and followed by each student representative.

How to Get Involved
Since these negotiations happen throughout the year and at every campus, UCSA needs a reserve of student representatives ready to attend a meeting anywhere, anytime. That means WE NEED YOU! If you are interested in participating in these meetings please contact fo@ucsa.org, to reach UCSA's Collective Bargaining Coordinator.

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