Thousands of UC Patient Care, Service Workers to Strike Wednesday, Thursday

Thousands of UC Patient Care, Service Workers to Strike Wednesday, Thursday

Thousands of patient care and service workers at UC Riverside and other University of California campuses across the state will stage a two-day strike starting Wednesday, alleging unfair bargaining tactics, allegations the UC system denies. According to the AFSCME Local 3299 union, the strike will include roughly 37,000 UC workers “at every UC campus and medical facility across the state.” The strike will begin at midnight Wednesday morning and …