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May 23rd, 2013
As the afternoon wore on, the number of union members on the picket lines at the University of California medical centers started to thin. But hundreds of workers concerned about...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —Thousands of workers at University of California medical centers began a two-day strike on Tuesday that prompted the postponement of dozens of surgeries amid...
UC Davis Medical Center administrators have canceled 500 surgeries and says they are prepared to handle care on an hour-by-hour...
May 22nd, 2013
Law360, New York (May 21, 2013, 7:19 PM ET) -- Some 13,000 hospital employees from one of the largest trade unions in the country began their two-day strike Tuesday picketing five...
May 20th, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO—A health-care workers union plans a two-day strike starting Tuesday at the University of California's five medical centers, prompting officials at the nationally...
“The issue is safe staffing. The issue is whether or not patients are the priority in the hospitals, because it needs to stop being in the pockets of these executives,” said...
May 18th, 2013
Sacramento's UC Davis Medical Center and four other large University of California hospitals have begun canceling elective surgeries because of a two-day strike planned by some...
UC San Diego Health System said it will cancel about 90 percent of the elective surgeries scheduled at its Hillcrest and La Jolla hospitals when technical workers hold a two-day...
A judge is expected to rule on a request for a temporary restraining order limiting the number of workers who may take part in the walkout. According to UC officials, the focus...