UC community must show up for lecturers, support fair contract UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS: UC lecturers have continued to show up for students. It’s time for students to show up for them. Rachel Lee/Staff If professors are the brain of the UC system, lecturers are the heart and lungs. Yet, the essential work of UC lecturers remains undervalued and unprotected. UC lecturers instruct 42% of all credit hours and perform unquantifiable amounts of unpaid labor outside of their job description. But they have been contractless for more than two years, and the UC administration continues to drag its feet in negotiations. Despite this, UC lecturers have continued to show up for students. It’s time for students to show up for them.