UC San Francisco will hold an unfair labor practice strike on Nov 20 & 21
Today, we are announcing that a ULP strike will take place at UCSF on November 20 and 21, 2024. We are limiting this strike to UCSF in order to give UC an opportunity to begin to bargain in good faith.
If they don't - and if they continue their pattern of unlawful behavior—all 20,000 UPTE workers across the state need to be prepared to act to hold UC accountable.
Will you click here today and pledge to strike when the time comes to let our UCSF siblings know that you have their back?
For five months, UC has refused to meaningfully engage with any of our proposals. Instead, they have withheld key information, bargained in bad faith, and threatened to impose healthcare cost increases without bargaining, in violation of California law.
The University's refusal to bargain in good faith is not just illegal, it insults the commitment that each and every one of you has to your patients, research, and students. UC won't even tell us how many vacant positions they leave unfilled, or how many millions of dollars these vacancies save them.
I have heard again and again from clinicians who report that short staffing and delayed care could mean permanent health impacts. In the emergency room, sufficient staffing is the difference between life and death. Our laboratory and clinical researchers report that turnover and loss of institutional knowledge slows the pace of the important work we help advance to tackle some of the most pressing medical and scientific issues of our time.
If and when the time comes for a strike at your campus, I hope you'll be prepared to stand with thousands of UPTE members across the state. Sign your strike commitment pledge today and let us know we can count on you.
Dan Russell
UPTE President
UPTE Bargaining Team Chief Negotiator
UC Berkeley Business Technical Support Analyst 3