San Francisco Chronicle, August 27, 2011 by Nanette Asimov
http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-08-27/news/29934317_1_uc-employees-uc-officials-uc-berkeley

“The university plays sleight of hand” with such reasoning, said Amatullah Alaji-Sabrie, an assistant in the UC Berkeley School of Law and the union’s chief negotiator. “When it comes to paying lower-paid workers, they say they can’t because the state didn’t give them enough money.”

Her colleague in the law school, Toni Mendicino, was equally unimpressed by UC’s need to compete with private universities. “I think the priority should be on giving the students of California a world-class education,” she said. “I feel like those salaries are just exorbitant. If people want to work at a public school, serving a public mission, I don’t see why they need million-dollar salaries.”

San Francisco Chronicle, August 27, 2011 by Nanette Asimov

http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-08-27/news/29934317_1_uc-employees-uc-officials-uc-berkeley

“The university plays sleight of hand” with such reasoning, said Amatullah Alaji-Sabrie, an assistant in the UC Berkeley School of Law and the union’s chief negotiator. “When it comes to paying lower-paid workers, they say they can’t because the state didn’t give them enough money.”