University Professional & Technical Employees
Candidate Questionnaire
University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE) is a union of 20,000 members working across the University of California system, as well as three community colleges and three Department of Energy laboratories. We are an affiliate of the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, which represents 700,000 workers across North America.
Our members provide clinical and health services at UC's hospitals and student health centers. We advance science for the common good across UC’s laboratory and research facilities, as well as at the Lawrence Livermore, Lawrence Berkeley, and Los Alamos National Laboratories. We are a diverse range of professionals who provide the technical expertise to make UC's healthcare, research, and academic work possible. Our union also represents associate faculty at Butte College, College of the Sequoias, and Mt. San Jacinto College.
As a union representing professionals in world-class healthcare, research, and educational settings, we are committed to pursuing bold, transformative policies that will best serve all Californians. This includes expanding access and affordability to our medical and behavioral health services, improving labor standards for all workers, removing barriers to entry for higher education, and advocating for the good, union jobs needed to keep our communities strong, prospering, and equitable.