The budget calls for a four-year tuition freeze for all students except those in professional schools, and discontinuation of a proposed unit cap ons state-subsidized coures, which could have affected 2,200 UC students in the next school year. Read More…
This week, UC administrators have pushed an estimated 13,000 UC medical center patient-care workers, members of AFSCME 3299, into a two-day strike. It’s important to be clear on what this is all about: patient care. Taxpayers help fund UC hospitals — facilities that bank hundreds of millions in profits each Read More…
A Sacramento Superior Court Judge has issued an injunction limiting the number of workers who can participate in a strike planned for Tuesday at UC medical centers. Read More…
If approved, the restraining order would prohibit the two-day strike planned by AFSCME 3299, a union that represents nearly 13,000 UC healthcare workers. Read More…
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees 3299 announced Tuesday that its members voted to strike against the University of California for alleged prioritization of profits over patients. Read More…
About 150 workers and students gathered on Sproul Plaza Wednesday afternoon to rally in support of workers’ and immigrants’ rights.
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In the wake of a recent whistleblower report, UCSF Medical Center began the process of cutting 300 jobs last week through a combination of layoffs, transfers and elimination of currently unfilled positions. Read More…
A recent report published Thursday claims that inadequate and uneven staffing levels at University of California medical centers have led to patient neglect and harm. Read More…
About 100 UC Berkeley students and service workers blocked the intersection of Bancroft Way and Telegraph Avenue Thursday afternoon, in protest of impending changes to the UC employee pension plan. Read More…
