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May 9th, 2018
(OAKLAND, CA) – As AFSCME represented UC service workers conclude a three day strike, Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom and State Senator Kevin De Leon (D-Los Angeles) joined the...
Dec 10th, 2014
When California Gov. Jerry Brown was pushing Proposition 30 in 2012, he sold it with the promise that the income and sales tax increases in his measure would put off sharp tuition...
Sep 29th, 2014
Nobody in California should want to go back to the years of recession and state budget deficits. But those difficult times did have one advantage. It was easier then to arouse...
Sep 19th, 2014
Heralding what the University of California regents promise will be a new era of pay increases at the public university, the governing board gave 20 percent raises Thursday to...
Feb 20th, 2014
Oakland: With negotiations over wages and staffing at a stalemate, the 8300 University of California Service Workers represented by AFSCME 3299—the lowest paid workers at...
Feb 15th, 2014
More than 21,000 workers at the University of California have voted to go on strike. An overwhelming 96 percent of the university’s service workers and patient care employees...
Feb 14th, 2014
Oakland: After three days of voting, the University of California’s 8300 Service Workers have voted to authorize a strike and its more than 13,000 Patient Care Technical Workers...
Oct 10th, 2011
SACRAMENTO— Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 857 which protects workers who are forced to go on strike. In 2008, Local 3299 went on strike to win one of the strongest...
Sep 12th, 2011
SACRAMENTO — State lawmakers are calling on the University of California to comply with the 2011 State Budget Act which mandates the University of California pay scheduled...
