The University of California is cheating its lowest paid workers.  Connoisseurs of liberal hypocrisy have few more tempting targets than the upper reaches of the higher education industry, where liberal condescension and two-faced compassion prevail. Consider the astounding actions of the University of California, a $30-billion-a-year operation (roughly the size of 3M or Time Warner) in telling workers that it cheated out of full pay, "Tough luck!"  The editorial board of the UCLA Daily Bruin spotted the hypocrisy. The University of California has some homework to do when it comes to treating its laborers better. And it can start by not undercutting its employees' paychecks and blaming it on glitches in its payroll system. The UC reached an agreement May with the U.S. Department of Labor to repay $1.3 million to workers after a federal investigation found it underpaid more than 13,700 nonacademic employees during...(Read Full Post)