Strike News

From the Bruin: The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, the UC’s largest employee union, announced Monday it will strike May 16 at the UC’s 10 campuses and five medical centers. The union filed three unfair labor practice charges in April claiming the UC illegally sought out and entered into agreements with private contractors.

This will be the fifth strike held by AFSCME Local 3299 in the past year.

The University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119, which represents about 14,000 research and technical workers in the UC, will join AFSCME Local 3299 in its strike...

Full story at http://dailybruin.com/2019/05/07/afscme-announces-may-16-strike-in-protest-of-labor-outsourcing/

Note that the timing coincides with the Regents meeting at UC-San Francisco.