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As the COVID-19 pandemic brings safety challenges to local hospitals, Berkeley and Oakland health workers are calling for stronger protective measures from hospital leadership.
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A Bay Area project aims to provide front-line workers struggling with the trauma of the COVID-19 crisis with free counseling from more than 450 licensed psychotherapists.
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Health care workers at UCSF held a day of action Friday to honor COVID-19 health care workers, as well as to demand increased personal protective equipment and testing from the UC system.
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Mayor Jesse Arreguín and City Council members Lori Droste and Kate Harrison are proposing a $50,000 budget to support an outreach coordinator, who would educate the community about the health impacts of closing Alta Bates Summit Medical Center.
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The University of California and the California Nurses Association, or CNA, announced Monday their four-year labor contract that will affect nearly 14,599 registered nurses affiliated with the UC system.
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After more than a year of negotiations, the California Nurses Association, or CNA, and the university came to a tentative five-year contract agreement that would provide additional protections for UC nurses.
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Half of the city council could see a change come November, and there are fourteen people running in total for the four district seats.
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The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 union’s strike was organized after members were forced to sign a contract with terms the union had rejected. Lead UC Berkeley AFSCME organizer Libertad Ayala addressed the crowd, saying the UC now understands the impact of the workers’ absence.
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Chants arose from the picket circle on Sproul Plaza on Tuesday morning, heard by students who walked to their 8 a.m. finals.
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As Sutter Health plans to transfer Berkeley’s only emergency medical center to its Oakland campus, Assemblymember Tony Thurmond, D-Richmond, authored a bill that puts more hurdles in the process for closing state health facilities.
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