Every vote counts—let’s end this week with a strong showing
More than 9,000 of our UC colleagues across the state cast their ballots in the first week of voting. Now, we're focused on making sure that we finish the week strong so we can send a clear message to UC that we won't tolerate unfair labor practices or their misplaced priorities any longer. Join me and thousands of your colleagues across the state by voting YES now at upte.org/vote.
Over the past two years, thousands of clinicians, researchers, and technical support professionals came together to identify the changes we need to continue providing the best research, patient care, and education. Instead of engaging in good faith with our 20,000 colleagues, UC has violated state law dozens of times.
Let's put an end to the bad-faith bargaining and unfair practices hurting patients, research, and students with a strong YES vote to authorize a statewide strike if necessary.
I've sat across the table from UC for eight months now and have traveled the state hearing testimony from UPTE members like us:
The behavioral health clinician whose students struggle to access timely care when they're in crisis;
The clinical research coordinator who is too overworked to spend adequate time with study participants;
The IT worker who sees how the backlog for support impacts faculty and students;
The rehabilitation specialist who wonders how delays for patients could impact someone's recovery in the long-term.
The list goes on.
UC negotiators' flagrant disregard for the law and the mission of our institution breaks my heart. They've bargained in bad faith, unilaterally increased healthcare costs, restricted our right to speak out, and withheld information on short staffing. You can learn more about their unfair practices here and then cast your ballot at upte.org/vote.
Let's use our strength in numbers to stop UC's unfair practices, reset their priorities, and re-center our mission of providing the healthcare, research, and education people depend on us for.
In solidarity,
Danielle Daniels
Animal Health Technician
UPTE RX/TX Bargaining Team Member
UPTE Chapter Co-Chair, UC Davis
