The university issued layoff notices to 15 IT employees -RYAN HAGEN, Press-Enterprise

Fifteen of UC Riverside’s information technology workers were laid off this month. University administrators determined their work was non-essential or redundant, but a union representing four of those employees contends that important work is now going undone. Representatives of the University Professional and Technical Employees and university administration continue to meet over how to handle effects of the layoffs, but the university says they are final. Meanwhile, the list of UCR staff and students who need the department’s help is growing, said Zachary Thomas, the union’s local president. http://www.pe.com/2017/10/26/uc-riverside-lays-off-15-it-employees/