Protect Patient Care at Children’s Hospital Oakland

One Year. One Bridge Too Far.
An UPTE rally

Thursday, July 9, 2026
12 pm

Children’s Hospital Oakland
747 52nd Street, Oakland, CA 94609

One year ago, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital took over Children’s Hospital Oakland—and ever since, care has kept crossing the Bay. Bone marrow transplants, interventional radiology, specialty testing, and other life-saving services have been pulled from Oakland and shipped to San Francisco, forcing East Bay families to travel for the care their kids used to get close to home. On Thursday, July 9, 2026, we’re marking that anniversary by standing together in front of the hospital to say enough is enough. One Year. One Bridge Too Far.

RSVP to join your fellow UPTE members and show UCSF that East Bay kids deserve care in their own community.

Our institution stands as a beacon for pediatric excellence and compassionate care, and we’ve built that strength on strong workers’ rights and stellar benefits that help us deliver excellent patient outcomes.

We work at Children’s Hospital Oakland, and we’re proud to carry on this hospital’s more-than-a-century legacy of serving Oakland and the greater Bay Area—especially the communities most underserved and most in need. For decades, CHO has led in pediatric care, and we have upheld that excellence with strong workplace standards, protections, and benefits that help us do our jobs well and deliver great patient outcomes.

We care deeply about this hospital, and that’s exactly why we’re alarmed by what happened during the transition to UCSF. The transition cut pay and benefits and weakened job security, and it has started to undermine our ability to provide the level of care our patients deserve. Hundreds of our co-workers have already left hospital employment because compensation and benefits dropped so sharply.

  • Count all years of service from the previous hospital for retirement benefits for all appointment types, retiree healthcare coverage, PTO and sick leave accrual rates, scheduling practices, job advancement, open positions, and layoff protection purposes.

  • Restore full wage progression opportunities with steps, stand-by, and on-call shifts, career ladders, healthcare benefits with no premium, and ensure no worker faces reduced take-home compensation due to the transition.

  • Restore 100% PTO cash-out value and time, original accrual rates, and all weekend, night, per diem, language pay differentials, professional licensing/credentialing/medical staff dues/education expenses, team lead/acting supervisor differential, pay premium for shifts without rest periods of at least 12 hours in-between shifts, and reimbursement for personal cell phone use required by the employer.

  • Ensure parity with other union contracts and protect against layoffs based on actual years of service, not artificial hire dates.

  • Continue to provide hardship scheduling practices, voluntary reductions in time, and no mandatory overtime.

Bargaining Updates

Find a full archive of updates from UPTE’s ongoing negotiations with UCSF Children’s Hospital Oakland at upte.org/cho-updates.