UC Service Workers Strike: November 13

AFSCME 3299 announced a one-day job action on November 13, 2019 for both its service and patient care units. The union has been in negotiations with the UC for more than two years, and recently filed complaints about university outsourcing of service work. The California Public Employee Relations Board (PERB) issued its own complaint to Continue reading “UC Service Workers Strike: November 13”

UC Workers to Strike: 10/23-25

UPTE Strike Vote 10/2018Campus workers affiliated with AFSCME local 3299 and UPTE-CWA local 9119 voted overwhelmingly to authorize strikes at the University of California after bargaining stalled. After the vote, AFSCME announced that members in several bargaining units would strike on October 23, 24, and 25. UPTE then announced its members would strike on the same dates. Last Continue reading “UC Workers to Strike: 10/23-25”

UC Service Workers to Strike May 7-9

Afscme3299picketlocationsService and patient care workers across all University of California campuses have announced a three-day strike, May 7-9, 2018. Negotiations between AFSCME local 3299 and the UC reached an impasse after more than a year of negotiation. The university then imposed its “last, best offer,” which the union says included cuts to pay and benefits. Continue reading “UC Service Workers to Strike May 7-9”