UC Union Reaches Tentative Deal, Averting Strike by 40,000 Workers

Planned strike across UC health system averted as parties reach agreement

Planned strike across UC health system averted as parties reach agreement

University of California and AFSCME reach agreement after 2 years

The union represents about 40,000 service workers and patient care workers across the University of California system.

Anger spreads after strike by 42,000 UC California workers canceled in the middle of the night

The union bureaucracy is deliberately sabotaging workers in order to prevent a struggle which would inevitably develop into a broader fight which would threaten their ties to management and the Democratic Party.

The Wire: UC workers avert strike with tentative deal at final hour

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Strike Canceled as UC Groundskeepers, Custodians, Reach Tentative Agreement

Just before more than 42,000 custodial workers, groundskeepers and patient care workers were set to go on strike, the union AFSCME Local 3299 reached a tentative agreement with the University of California.  Union workers have been without a contract for nearly three years as they advocated for better wages and health care benefits. The agreement stopped a statewide strike that was set to begin on Thursday. “For nearly three years, the frontline…

Major Open-Ended Strike Averted at UC Campuses, Hospitals as Tentative Deal Reached

Around 42,000 service and patient care workers, including hundreds at UC Santa Barbara, were scheduled to go on strike Thursday before Wednesday’s late-night agreement.