IT workers unionize at UC

From the San Francisco Chronicle: As AI continues to shake up the tech sector and fuel mass layoffs, more than 2,000 University of California IT and technical workers have voted to unionize, expanding what organizers say is now the largest tech worker union in the U.S.

University Professional and Technical Employees-CWA 9119 said Thursday that 2,100 IT and technical employees across the UC system voted to join the union, bringing the union’s tech bargaining unit to about 8,400 workers... 

The newly represented tech workers include application programmers, business systems analysts, data systems analysts, database administrators and other IT workers, the union said...

Full story at https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/uc-tech-worker-union-california-22269143.php.