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The UC system reached a tentative contract agreement Tuesday with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, or AFSCME Local 3299, a union that represents systemwide patient and service care workers.
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The UC Board of Regents met for a second day at UCSF on Wednesday to discuss financial aid, workers’ pension funds and federal advocacy.
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The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 has called for speakers to boycott their UC speaking engagements amid labor disputes.
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Nearly all of the students also echoed their support for contract bargaining by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, or AFSCME, Local 3299. Members of AFSCME Local 3299 also gave public comment and urged the regents to stop outsourcing staff jobs to contract workers.
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The complaint alleges that the UC withheld employee contact information from unions and distributed mass communications to employees without consulting union members, according to a press release.
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Shattuck was a champion for social justice, according to Kathryn Lybarger, president of AFSCME Local 3299 — of which Shattuck was an important member.
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The UC paid more than $200 million during 2011-2015 through contracts with 25 businesses that also provide services for ICE, according to a document from American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, the UC’s largest employee union.
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In a report released Tuesday, the California State Auditor criticized the University of California’s handling of contract workers.
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Union representatives called on the UC Board of Regents to support a bill that would ensure workers employed by private university contractors are compensated comparably to university employees doing similar work.
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“Students staged a sit-in and protest outside Dirks’ office Thursday afternoon, banging on desks with spoons and chanting pro-community benefits agreement slogans … Later Thursday afternoon, a group consisting of about 75 labor activists, Richmond residents and students marched from Sproul Plaza to the area in front of University House.”
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