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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Dear Colleagues, </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">The UC-AFT, the union representing some university instructors (specifically, Unit 18 lecturers) has voted to go on strike this Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 17 and 18, at
every campus in the UC system. The strike will impact all aspects of these instructors’ job responsibilities, including lectures, office hours, meeting attendance, and email response. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">The University of California remains in negotiations with the union trying to head off this action, and we are hopeful the sides can come to an agreement. However, we are
writing to let you know that some instructors may not be at work on Wednesday and Thursday. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">You may see some of our colleagues or other members of our campus community on a picket line or protesting on these days. <span style="background:white">We ask that all community
members, no matter their views, be polite and respectful to one another during this time.</span> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Thanks for your patience as the University continues to work with the union in seeking to finalize a contract. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">____________________________<br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Daniel R. Jeske</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Professor of Statistics</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Vice Provost of Academic Personnel</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">President of International Society for Business and Industrial Statistics</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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