Stand with patients & research—rallies on Monday, 10/13 (Oakland) & Wednesday, 10/15 (Mission Bay)
I will get right to it—UC laid off several workers at Children's Hospital Oakland, including some of our UPTE colleagues. This is outrageous: Children's Hospital provides a vital service to the East Bay community. These layoffs will exacerbate the burden on patients in Oakland who desperately need our help.
We have already started to fight back—thanks to our organizing, UC rescinded one of the layoffs. We still have more work to do, so please join me alongside our nurse colleagues in a rally in front of Children's Hospital Oakland to protect East Bay patient care on Monday, October 13, at 1 pm.
Keep care in Oakland!
Monday, October 13, 2025
1 – 2:30 pmChildren's Hospital Oakland
747 52nd St, Oakland, CA 94609Wear your UPTE T-shirt!
To make matters even worse, just yesterday, UC unlawfully and abruptly laid off twenty researchers advancing potential treatments and drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's, multiple system atrophy, and prion diseases.
These callous layoffs will have serious consequences on public health: 50 million people globally suffer from a neurodegenerative disease. If UC won't stand up for research, we will. That's why we are rallying outside the UCSF Sandler Neurosciences Center this Wednesday, October 15, at noon, to let management know that we won't give up on science.
Save science in San Francisco!
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
12 – 1 pmSandler Neurosciences Center
Koret Quad
675 Nelson Rising Ln, San Francisco, CA 94158Wear your UPTE T-shirt!
I urge you to join us in fighting back against these assaults on lifesaving research and patient care.
In unity,
Matias Campos
UPTE Executive Vice President
UPTE UC San Francisco Chapter Co-Chair
Staff Pharmacist 2, UC San Francisco
