State of the unions: A history of UC-affiliated union actions since January 2019
Emily Bi/Senior Staff
On May 16, AFSCME Local 3299 went on a systemwide strike to protest the outsourcing of UC jobs to Kindred and Aya Healthcare.
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‘An attack on workers’: Supreme Court strikes against public sector unions
A 5–4 U.S. Supreme Court decision Wednesday ruled that public sector unions across the nation are no longer able to charge nonunion workers any fees.
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UC, Teamsters Local 2010 reach provisional labor agreement
The University of California has reached a provisional labor agreement with Teamsters Local 2010 on a contract that would cover more than 11,000 clerical employees, according to a UC press release issued Thursday.
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Teamsters protest retirement plan, unfair wages
Chanting and banging drums, Teamsters Local 2010 protesters made themselves heard Wednesday morning outside UC executive offices in Downtown Oakland protesting unfair wages for UC workers and a new 401(k)-style retirement plan.
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Campus union workers stage 1-day walkout against university in sympathy with UCLA
More than 100 UC Berkeley clerical, administrative and support staff employees staged a one-day walkout and formed picket lines Tuesday to protest the University of California’s contract negotiation practices and to stand in solidarity with UCLA skilled trades workers, who were also striking.
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UC workers protest food insecurity at Big Game
About 20 rain-soaked members of Teamsters Local 2010, a union representing thousands of UC workers, protested their current wages and ensuing food insecurity in front of Saturday’s Big Game.
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UC regents consider financial sustainability, possible tuition hikes
The UC Board of Regents convened Wednesday at UCSF Mission Bay to discuss potential tuition increases and approved a three-year financial sustainability plan for the university.
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Study shows 7 in 10 UC workers struggle with food insecurity
A study released this month by Occidental College Urban and Environmental Policy Institute, or UEPI, found that more than 70 percent of the University of California’s clerical, administrative and support workers suffer from food insecurity.
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UC workers’ union pickets California Hall for pension benefits, living wages
Teamsters Local 2010 staged a brief protest in front of California Hall on Wednesday demanding living wages and greater pension benefits for future UC workers.
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Union members submit petition, stage protest over layoffs in Campus Shared Services
Union members gathered in front of California Hall on Tuesday afternoon to protest the December layoffs in UC Berkeley’s Campus Shared Services and submit a petition signed by those in opposition to the staff reduction.
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