“A policy is not a contract,” said Kathryn Lybarger, president of AFSCME 3299, who addressed the university`s board of regents on Wednesday. “If you`re serious, stop resisting state law and binding contract language, which could actually deliver on your policy promises. Until then, we will not remain silent in the face of your violation of the law. Gordon said the ban on dismissals “as a result of subcontracting decisions” was already part of the previous contract. He added that the new contract will also facilitate the conversion of contract workers eligible for UC employment. In the press release, AFSCME 3299 President Kathryn Lybarger called the preliminary contract “historic” and “a fight against outsourcing abuses that have only lowered wages, undermined benefits and increased inequality.” The recently released documentation includes dozens of examples of how UC circumvents its own bidding policies to avoid negotiations with its own employees. For example, UC outsources the work of security personnel to one of its presidential office buildings, but exempts the contractor from UC`s minimum wage policy. The University of California and the union that represents its patient care workers struck a tentative contract early Sunday morning and narrowly avoided a five-day strike. The University of California`s largest union last night reached a preliminary four-year contract agreement with UC for its service workers, ending three-year contract negotiations after at least six strikes during that period. “Members of AfSCME Local 3299 dedicate their lives to strengthening the University of California campus where they work and the communities in which they live.
Today, service and caregiver staff are one step closer to a fair contract that honors this public service commitment,” said AFSCME President Lee Saunders. “They persevered and persevered. They inspired elected officials and other allies to show their solidarity. And they have courageously stood at the forefront of a national struggle against economic inequality and injustice. The provisional contract must be decided by the union`s military before January 30 to come into force. I am writing to keep you informed of our negotiations with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and our efforts to secure a fair contract with your union. Oakland: The University of California and AFSCME 3299 have entered into a historic 4-year preliminary contract for the system`s 8300 service workers. As a result, further. The patient care agreement, reached Monday night, includes enforceable restrictions on UC`s ability to outsource service contracts to private contractors — something that has long been requested by members of Local 3299 — as well as expanded career ladders for low-wage UC workers.
It also offers UC career paths for entrepreneurs, 3% annual salary increases and experience-based “tiered” increases, affordable health rates, secure retirement benefits, and more. AFSCME workers have been negotiating a new contract since 2017. Ida Kazerani/Daily Nexus Wednesday`s national strike was called by AFSCME Local 3299 after the union filed six new charges against the UC system. These accusations describe UC`s efforts to secretly extend the outsourcing of service and care jobs to patients represented by AFSCME to low-wage contractors while circumventing legal disclosure and bargaining obligations. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 (AFSCME 3299), which includes 10,000 service workers and 16,000 medical staff, has been negotiating a new contract since 2017; The union has also gone on strike several times during this period, most recently in November 2019 over alleged unfair labour practices. After years of ignoring workers` concerns about outsourcing and rejecting enforcement measures, UC regents proposed a new policy during the strike that promises to “completely ban outsourcing,” get more contract work, and ensure that UC contract workers are paid on an equal footing with workers who perform similar work. State and local elected officials, community allies, union leaders and employees of other unions joined striking AFSCME members in demanding an end to outsourcing practices. Many of them pointed to a 2017 state audit that found that UC has replaced its lowest-paid career employees in favor of private contractors who pay their workers much less. Rebecca Gilpas, organizer 501 Mission Street, Suite #4 Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Phone: 831-425-4822 Fax: 831-316-0049 Email: rgilpas@afscme3299.org In addition to adding new benefits and retirement benefits, the contract also prohibits layoffs “as a result of outsourcing decisions” and further restricts the UC`s ability to move service work – a point of tension between the UC and unionized workers and a restriction, AFSCME Local 3299 spokesman Todd Stenhouse said in a press release sent Wednesday morning.
These medical professionals, who work in UC`s health care system across California, join the 8,000-strong national service worker unit and the nearly 50-person skilled worker unit on the Santa Cruz campus, whose parallel contract wins last week ended one of UC`s longest-running labor disputes. LOS ANGELES – A possible strike by 13,000 workers at UC hospitals across the state has been averted as marathon contract negotiations over the weekend led to a new interim contract. Local 3299 President Kathryn Lybarger said, “After nearly three years without a contract, AFSCME, which represents UC`s service caregivers and patients, has now entered into agreements that strengthen middle-class career paths at UC and create enforceable reforms to staffing practices that were completely inconsistent with UC`s core public mission.” “While the preliminary agreement between UC and AFSCME representing service workers is an important sign of progress, we still have work to do,” Lybarger said. The Labour Management Committee (LMC) is established by the collective agreement. Its purpose is to discuss and resolve issues of mutual interest. Specific complaints and negotiations are not appropriate topics for discussion at CMA meetings; solving problems that lead to grievances is a real problem. Specific issues addressed by CMLs include: health and safety, career pathways, training and development, and long-term care issues. The LMC is not authorized to change the terms of the collective agreement in any way. The agreements represent the culmination of a long struggle for UC workers represented by AFSCME, whose unprecedented show of solidarity and unwavering strength continued in six strikes. These strikes have highlighted the growing problems of income inequality, the erosion of the middle class, the abuse of outsourcing and the enormous obstacles faced by low-wage workers. While local 3299 leaders acknowledge that this is progress, they reminded the Unified Communications Administration that it regularly violates its own “policies” to accelerate outsourcing. Nearly 19,000 patient care employees who are members of AFSCME 3299 have won a historic victory by reaching an agreement in principle with the University of California system.
University: Joanne Tetens-Woodring, Michele Boerkoel, Barb Fox, Joann Roeder, Delores Blackwell, Matthew Crawford, Hanna Awadalla. University: Lauren Lantz, Delores Blackwell, Hanna Awadalla, Matthew Crawford, Christopher Nare, John King, Mark Folino, Deborah Owsley She added: “It is now time for UC to provide its caregivers represented by AFSCME with an equally fair agreement that recognizes our members` contributions to UC`s highly profitable healthcare system. Despite strong hospital revenues, hundreds of millions of dollars in federal coronavirus relief funds, and more than $10 billion in unlimited cash reserves, UC, a $40 billion industry, has decided to lay off heroes on the front lines. The layoffs are expected to save the unified communications system a total of $2 million, or 0.00005%. “In every corner of uc classrooms, they teach students about social justice. It`s time to take it out of the classroom and practice it,” said Ruth Zolayvar, an inpatient pharmacy technician at UC San Diego Medical Center. It is about the dignity of patients. Dignity for workers. Dignity for our students. The preliminary agreement must be ratified by the patients` practical nurses, surgical technicians, respiratory therapists and other caregivers. The vote is scheduled for February 4 and 6. Stenhouse did not immediately respond to requests for additional comment.
Home » Staff » Human Resources » Unions » AFSCME Rebecca Frankenhoff Staff Representative 1213 Tennessee Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45229-1097 Phone: 513-641-2900 Fax: 513-641-2948 Kennard Harris, a pharmacy technician at UC Davis Medical Center, said that “it renews my energy and passion to continue until we earn what we earn, which is part of not outsourcing our jobs.” I want to thank you for everything you do for UC. .