Bargaining Update #10
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On Friday, UPTE and the University concluded our twenty-third day of bargaining. Even with all of our contracts now expired, UC has yet to provide a pay proposal for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and is explicitly refusing—unlawfully—to bargain over our inclusion in the mortgage loan program it provides to Executives and Faculty.
While UC finally acknowledged the importance of guaranteeing the use of vacation accruals, they have not offered improved accruals or the right to cash out vacation despite already providing higher accruals to executives and managers. Overall, the movement made by the University after five months and ten bargaining sessions remains insignificant.
UC's raise offer would leave us behind in inflation, setting us up to fall even further behind by 2027. Worse, their healthcare cuts would allow them to raise costs as much as they want, allowing them to take back hundreds if not thousands of dollars per month. Go here to see a comparison of our offer and UC's.
| UPTE Proposal | UC Proposal | Nurses Contract | UC Executives | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raises | 9% - 8% - 8% plus 5% retroactive raise 2025-27 |
5% - 3% - 3% 2025-27 |
6% - 5% - 5% 2023-25 |
16-40% just in 2024 alone |
UC continues to bargain in bad faith and plans to unilaterally increase healthcare costs in 2025, all violating California law. Go here to sign a strike pledge today!
Go here to RSVP for our November 20 and 21 unfair labor practice strike today—and make sure all of your colleagues have as well!
Dan Russell
UPTE President
UPTE Bargaining Team Chief Negotiator
UC Berkeley Business Technical Support Analyst 3
