Thousands Of Oakland Hospital Workers Strike
- Thousands of employees began an open-ended strike early Wednesday to oppose a systemwide integration plan scheduled to start on July 6 that affects UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland.
- The strike arose from concerns that integrating hospital staff into UCSF Health will force rehiring, cause loss of seniority, and reduce take-home pay amid longstanding integration issues.
- Hospital services including emergency and operating rooms remain open while some clinics are closed or appointments rescheduled to telehealth during the ongoing labor actions.
- Union leaders say members could lose around $10,000 in take-home pay because workers now pay nothing toward benefits but will contribute under UCSF employment, despite gaining a more valuable pension.
- The strike and a pending court hearing later this month highlight unresolved tensions as employees transition to UC employment, raising concerns about staff retention and child patient care quality.
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Behind the Story 6/18/25: John Howell goes in-depth on the Butler Hospital strike
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Warwick Beacon editor John Howell joins Eli Sherman and Kim Kalunian on this week's episode of "Behind the Story" to discuss the ongoing contract dispute at Butler Hospital. Howell goes behind the scenes on the issue, having landed a one-on-one interview with Mary Marran, president of Butler Hospital. He's also been spending his days at the picket line talking with health care workers about the strike that's spanne…

Hundreds of union workers strike at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
Hundreds of health care workers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland are now on strike indefinitely, opposing what they say is a serious pay cut that would hurt employees and also patients. The strike comes as the University of California moves to transition workers from employment by the hospital to the UC system. Striking members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers, the union that represents more than 1,000 therapists, social wo…
Health care workers strike at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in Oakland due to integration plans
Right now, workers at the hospital and other satellite clinics in the East Bay are employees of the hospital, not UCSF Health. However, UCSF is now saying the employees are transitioning to UC employment and unions next month.
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital workers striking Wednesday over pay
OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) -- UCSF Health workers are striking Wednesday in the East Bay over a contract dispute. Union members are crying foul over their contracts being canceled by UCSF. They claim it will cost them about $10,000 in take-home pay. Multiple unions representing about 2,500 employees of UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital locations in Oakland are launching Wednesday’s strike. Right now, they work for the hospital and its clinics, but th…
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