How far behind would UC’s proposals put us?

UC is hoping that uncertainty around state and federal funding - along with a newly-announced statewide hiring freeze - will weaken our resolve to address the staffing crisis and convince us to accept cuts that will leave us permanently behind other workers. 

Many of our departments have still not recovered from UC's COVID hiring freeze, when our working conditions and wages fell further behind those of other workers.

Yet, UC’s assets have more than recovered. In fact, UC’s assets have doubled since 2014 and its investments grew by $16 billion to a total of $180 billion at the end of the last fiscal year.

Why is a public institution like UC hoarding tens of billions in savings if they are not prepared to invest them in public healthcare, research, and education?

What would accepting UC’s proposed cuts - and letting this crisis worsen for another 3 years - mean for our families? What would a deepening of the recruitment and retention crisis mean for our patients, our research, and our students?

Vacation & Sick Leave 3-6 days/year fewer than UC managers and senior professionals
Up to 10 days/year fewer than Kaiser workers
Wages 5% behind UC nurses
7% behind Kaiser workers by 2026
Healthcare $48-299 monthly premium increase for Kaiser, Blue & Gold family plans in 2025 for Pay Band 2-4
CORE plan, increases from $0 to $131-$550/month for family plans
Other plans increase 9% for Payband 1-2, 11% for Paybands 3-4
$150/month copay per specialty prescription
Unlimited increases in 2026, 2027, 2028

How far would our wages have fallen since 2023?

Raises UC Nurses Kaiser UC to UPTE How far behind?
2023 6 6 3-3.5 2.5-3%
2024 5 5-5.25 3 4.5-5%
2025 5 5 5 4.5-5%
2026 TBD 5 3 6.5-7%

How much less time off do we have? How much would UC’s healthcare cuts cost us? See the two charts below.

Days/Year UPTE UC Academic Researchers + Librarians UC Managers & Senior Professionals Kaiser UHW NorCal Kaiser NUHW NorCal Kaiser NUHW SoCal
Paid Holidays 14 14 14 10 8 7
Vacation at hire 15 24 18 10 19 21
Vacation tier 2 18 at 10 years 24 21 at 5 years 15 at 2 years 24 at 2 years 26 at 5 years
Vacation tier 3 21 at 15 years 24 24 at 10 years 20 at 5 years 29 at 5 years 31 at 9 years
Vacation tier 4 24 at 20 years 24 24 25 at 10 years 34 at 10 years 36 at 11 years
Sick at hire 8 8 8 8 6 9
Sick Tier 2 - - - 15 at 4 years - -
Total at 2 years 37 46 40 33 38 37
at 5 years 37 46 43 45 43 42
11 years 40 46 46 50 48 52
Pay Band 1 - Family UPTE's 2024 Rates UC Proposed 2025 Rates* Monthly Increase for 2025 Projected 2028 Rates** Projected Monthly Increase by 2028**
Blue & Gold $294.08 $290.91 $0.00 $406.24 $112.16
Kaiser $111.30 $49.16 $0.00 $93.17 $0.00
Pay Band 2 - Family
Blue & Gold $411.79 $463.24 $51.45 $622.04 $210.25
Kaiser $229.01 $277.33 $48.32 $381.28 $152.27
Pay Band 3 - Family
Blue & Gold $518.90 $687.87 $168.97 $940.75 $421.85
Kaiser $338.46 $551.37 $212.91 $754.07 $415.61
Pay Band 4 - Family
Blue & Gold $625.97 $832.44 $206.47 $1,138.47 $512.50
Kaiser $451.84 $750.73 $298.89 $1,026.72 $574.88
CORE
Pay Band 1 - Family $0.00 $131.22 Specialty Pharmaceutical Co-Pays $150/month per perscription
Pay Band 2 - Family $0.00 $276.46
Pay Band 3 - Family $0.00 $411.11
Pay Band 4 - Family $0.00 $549.96
  • *Including $100 subsidy for PB1 and $75 subsidy for PB2

  • **Assumes 9% annual increases for PB1/2 and 11% annual increases for PB3/4

Sources:

 

Dan Russell
UPTE President
UPTE Bargaining Team Chief Negotiator
UC Berkeley Business Technical Support Analyst 3

Zac Goldstein

UPTE Communications Specialist

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