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Feb 3rd, 2021
#BlackStories: Meet our Executive VP Michael Avant One of the most impactful forces behind our union is our Executive Vice President Michael Avant. Michael was born in East St....
Feb 1st, 2021
Whereas, the institution of policing in the United States of America began as a means of regulating enslaved peoples and protecting capital, and as such was founded on an...
Jan 27th, 2021
Dear Member, What a year. As I reflect back on it, I am awestruck by all that we – the members, staff, and community of Local 3299 – have managed to accomplish, and am...
Sep 15th, 2020
President & Vice President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris California Ballot Measures Proposition 14: Authorizes Bonds to Continue Funding Stem Cell and Other Medical Research. No...
Sep 8th, 2020
AFSCME Local 3299 is a democratic union that is run by and for our members. The Executive Board is our highest decision making body and is elected every three (3) years, and the...
Aug 25th, 2020
For the past 24 years, Francisco Solórzano would begin his shift in the afternoon and wax the empty hallways of UCLA campus. Francisco worked just like a full-time worker,...
Aug 7th, 2020
Advocates for COVID safety enforcement shouldn’t be getting fired, not when UC needs them more than ever. Yet, UC Merced terminated Senior Custodian Bertha Perez for being a...
Aug 5th, 2020
When the University of Riverside issued Bernard Johnson his layoff notice, his mind spiraled into the different scenarios him and his family could find themselves in a few months....
Jul 30th, 2020
At the beginning of May, when the severity of COVID19 became apparent to everyone, UC President Janet Napolitano announced that she and the UC Chancellors would take a 10% pay cut...