What the Regents are likely to hear

The Regents are likely to hear about UC-San Francisco layoffs during public comments at their upcoming meetings this week. From SFGATE:

...200 people... were notified on June 25 that they’d be losing their jobs, with UCSF citing “serious financial challenges” as the primary reason. In a June 25 email, the hospital network said the firings were spread across the institution and it slashed positions with “the least impact on patients and daily operations.” ...UCSF did not respond to SFGATE’s request for a list detailing which exact positions were eliminated, but it said about a quarter of them worked per diem and that about half of the full-time employees that were let go held management positions...

Matt Stephen, a physician assistant and co-chair for UPTE-CWA 9119, UCSF’s union of professional and technical employees, told SFGATE that many of the layoffs were frontline workers, including physical therapists, clinical lab scientists, research associates, emergency department clerks and ICU staff. He said the cuts would be detrimental to the hospital network because it is already constrained by its resources... Over the last year, UCSF workers have organized multiple strikes to protest the staffing crisis. During a May protest outside a University of California Board of Regents meeting, 20 labor advocates were arrested by UC police officers after refusing to leave... 

Full story at https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/heartless-firings-bay-area-health-care-network-20761887.php.