Posts Tagged: strike
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OPINION – Nearly 40,000 frontline service and patient care workers at the University of California are ringing in the holiday season without a contract. For full-time workers who are struggling just to pay the rent and keep food on the table, it means uncertainty and tough choices.
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All is unwell after the largest and longest strike of higher education academic workers in U.S. history, according to United Auto Workers Local 2865 President Rafael Jaime.
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As final exams neared in the 10-campus University of California system, United Auto Workers Local 5810 representing postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers announced that it reached a tentative five-year agreement with the University amid a strike that began on Nov. 14. This bargaining unit with 12,000 of the 48,000 striking UC workers will vote to ratify the tentative new contract to run through Sept. 30, 2027.
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California College of the Arts employees with the Service Employees International Union Local 1021 went on strike today (Feb. 8) at the private college’s Oakland and San Francisco campuses. The CCA strike is the first such labor action at a private college in California since a brief a one-day work stoppage at Pepperdine 46 years ago.
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Mental health workers at Kaiser Permanente have overwhelmingly rejected a contract offer — a move that followed months of negotiations between Kaiser and the National Union of Healthcare Workers. Negotiations between Kaiser and NUHW are continuing.