UPTE is the non-exclusive representative for UC's professional employees who are not covered by a union contract. All non-academic professional employees who are not represented by another union can join UPTE. Here's a list of some of the job titles eligible for voluntary membership in UPTE. This is a critical time for employees without the protection of a union contract.

• Salaries for UC professionals have taken a nose dive from the competitive ones they once were.
• UC's pension plan is in a precarious position after recent years of questionable investment policy.
• The University continues to shift more of the cost of healthcare benefits to employees.

Hundreds of staff professionals have chosen to be voluntary members of the UPTE. Dues are $22 per month and are paid through payroll deduction. To download a membership application, click here.

Take Action:

• To show your commitment to your job and your future, sign the UPTE Commitment Card
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Retirement and Benefits

• 2010 Benefits Forum

Pay

• UPTE on the issues: Merit pay is "maybe pay"
• Merit pay and fair wages
• How the merit pay system works
• Compare union wages to unrepresented wages
• Professional pay compared to consumer price index