Will the UC administrators who want pension benefits calculated on their whole salary, not just the first $245,000, withdraw their demands? I hope they will, not because it will save enough money to make much difference in the grand scheme of things, but because it is unseemly for them to seek such benefits for themselves when their institutions are suffering so severely.UC Berkeley will lay off nearly 150 employees this year, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau said Thursday.
Some of the workers have already been notified, university spokeswoman Claire Holmes said, and most will be let go by June. About the same number of jobs will be eliminated through other means, such as retirements and voluntary departures.
About a quarter of the 280 or so positions have salaries of $100,000 or above, Birgeneau said in a letter to the campus. The job losses are expected to save the university about $20 million.
No faculty positions will be cut, but other layoffs will come from all areas of the campus. ("UC Berkeley to lay off nearly 150 employees," Matt Krupnick, San Jose Mercury News)
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