Enough is enough. Your UPTE bargaining team has called for a strike vote.
For months, we have been met with UC's bad faith at the bargaining table, and unfair labor practices by the University even longer.
UC is sitting on billions in reserves due to vacancies but fails to provide us with information we need - and are legally entitled to - about staffing, vacancies, or how much they are saving while our patients, research, and students suffer the effects of short staffing.
Adding insult to the University's predictably unacceptable proposals at bargaining, UC just announced massive increases to employee healthcare costs. They plan to increase premiums by 9-11%, eliminate the one no-cost insurance plan, raise co-pays from $20 to $30 per outpatient visit, and shift 30% of specialty drug prices to employees. UC never even proposed these changes to UPTE – it is just making the changes unilaterally.
Pledge to strike today!
Your bargaining team has unanimously recommended a strike vote over UC's Unfair Labor Practices. The affected UC locations (all or certain campuses) will be announced at the beginning of the vote, on October 21st. Only the campuses who are called on to strike will be asked to vote at this time.
Ballots will be sent via email and in-person voting locations will be announced on the 21st. Sign your strike commitment today and pledge to stand with your coworkers if a strike is necessary.
A YES vote will authorize our leadership to call a strike. The length of the strike will be announced at least 10 calendar days in advance if the strike affects any UC Medical Center.
A YES vote will send a strong message to UC that we will not indefinitely tolerate their bad faith bargaining and refusal to engage with the demands made by a majority of UPTE members across the state.
UC has the ability to avoid a strike action by changing their behavior, which we sincerely hope that they do before a strike is called. Click here to pledge to strike and vote YES on the first day!
In solidarity,
Dan Russell
UPTE President