Bargaining Update #2: UPTE’s bargaining team presents our first work/life balance proposals

On June 25 - 26, UPTE’s bargaining team passed our first set of work-life balance proposals, focused on priorities set by you and your coworkers regarding Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Time.

Our research shows that UPTE members' combined holidays, sick, and vacation accruals are far below competitor institutions as well as other workers at UC. 

  • UC Librarians and Academic Researchers start their careers with 24 days of vacation, 9 more than UPTE members. 

  • UC managers start with 3 more vacation days than us, increasing to 6 more at their 5 year anniversary. 

  • By their 11-year anniversary, many Kaiser workers get between 8-12 more total days off than UPTE members and up to 5 bereavement days.

The University's actions thus far run completely counter to their claim that their "priorities [...] include fair pay and quality benefits, supportive working conditions, and efficient, good-faith negotiations."

Watch and share a video recap of our rally on day one (FacebookInstagramTwitter) or photos from day two (Facebook,InstagramTwitter)

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UPTE-CWA 9119 is the union of professional and technical employees at the University of California.

UPTE was founded in 1990 by a group of employees who believed that UC workers would benefit from a union to safeguard and expand our rights. In 1993, UPTE members voted to affiliate with the Communications Workers of America (CWA), a 700,000-member union in the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), the largest federation of unions in the United States, to better represent our members.