UC-AFT, UCOP continue talks on job stability, compensation Lisi Ludwig/File The University Council-American Federation of Teachers presented its compensation proposal and answered questions from UC negotiators about its job stability proposal at a bargaining session Jan. 21. Last Updated January 26, 2021 The University Council-American Federation of Teachers, or UC-AFT, presented its compensation proposal and answered questions from UC negotiators about its job stability proposal at a bargaining session Jan. 21. According to David Walter, a teaching faculty member in the UC Berkeley English department and comparative literature department, the UC Office of the President, or UCOP, and UC-AFT have been bargaining on three main topics: job stability, compensation and workload for almost two years. At the most recent bargaining session, UC-AFT explained its compensation proposal in addition to discussing how to raise the minimum salary and schedule future raises that match with inflation and the standard of living in the Bay Area.