Press Releases

Nov 17th, 2016

ALERT: Hundreds to Protest Layoffs at UC Irvine Today

Orange: As many as 300 UC Health Workers, Students and community leaders are expected to picket and rally at UC Irvine Medical Center today to demand that UCI reverse its recently...

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Oct 17th, 2016

ADVISORY: Workers and Students to Protest UCI Staffing Cuts Tuesday

Orange: As many as 150 UC Health Workers, Students and others are expected a rally and picket at UC Irvine Medical Center Tuesday to protest recently announced staffing...

Press Releases

Aug 30th, 2016

RELEASE: UCSF to re-hire dozens of fired Immigrant Workers After Public Outcry

Oakland: Late yesterday, UCSF Medical Center and AFSCME Local 3299 reached an agreement for UCSF to hire 24 former Contract custodians at UCSF Medical Center. The workers,...

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May 25th, 2016

RELEASE: New 401k Benefits for UC Elites to Cost over $500 million, Assembly Panel votes to Block Plan

Oakland: A new University of California retirement plan that encourages UC’s highest paid employees to circumvent the cap on pensionable compensation (also known as the PEPRA...

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Apr 28th, 2016

STATEMENT: Largest UC Union Comments on Scandal Involving UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi

Oakland: In the wake of serious allegations of conflict of interest and misuse of university funds by UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi, Kathryn Lybarger, President of the UC...

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Mar 22nd, 2016

RELEASE: Insourcing Agreement Brings End to Speaker’s Boycott at UC Berkeley

Oakland: More than six weeks after a speaker’s boycott was called by the University of California’s largest employee union, AFSCME 3299, UC Berkeley agreed on Friday to offer...

Press Releases

Mar 1st, 2016

RELEASE: Hedge Funds Under-perform and Prove Costly for University of California

Oakland: The University of California’s twelve-year experiment with Hedge Fund Investments has fallen far short of the expectations on which they were sold--costing the system...

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Feb 19th, 2016

STATE LABOR BOARD ISSUES COMPLAINTS OVER SUBCONTRACTING PRACTICES AT UC

Oakland: The California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) has issued its second Unfair Labor Practice Complaint against the University of California this year, alleging...

Media Press Releases

Feb 4th, 2016

RELEASE: President Clinton other leaders asked to honor Speaker’s Boycott at UC Berkeley

Berkeley: The University of California’s largest employee union—AFSCME Local 3299 today called for a “Speaker’s Boycott” at UC Berkeley for the duration of the spring...