Press Releases

Apr 18th, 2013

UC Patient Care Workers Announce Strike Vote

Having negotiated for ten months, including more than three months of post-impasse proceedings, AFSCME 3299 has announced that 13,000 Patient Care Technical Workers within the...

Press Releases

Apr 3rd, 2013

Yee, Avalos, Mar & Other Leaders To Join UC Workers at Thursday Protest of UCSF Layoffs

San Francisco: On Thursday, April 4th, State Senator Leland Yee, Supervisor John Avalos and Supervisor Eric Mar will join labor leaders, patients, and hospital workers to...

Press Releases

Mar 25th, 2013

After Whistleblowers Expose Short Staffing, UCSF Medical Center Initiates Layoffs

San Francisco: Last week, UCSF Medical Center---the University of California’s second most profitable hospital---began the process of cutting 300 jobs through a combination of...

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Mar 7th, 2013

New Whistleblower Report Says UC Short-Changing Patient Care at Medical Centers

Oakland: Today, UC Patient Care Technical workers released a blistering whistleblower report on the management of the University of Californiaís five Medical Centers and the...

Press Releases

Feb 21st, 2013

UC Front Line Staff Plans Thursday Protests of Executive Pay and Golden Handshakes

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 30, 2013 CONTACT: Liz Perlman, (510) 316-4772, [email protected] -- Heather Carroll-Fisher, (415) 601-7721,...

Media Politics Press Releases

May 24th, 2012

SCA 22 Support Letter

Dear Senator Rubio: I am writing to register UC Employees Union – AFSCME Local 3299’s support for Senate Constitutional Amendment 22, authored by you, which simply puts into...