"Aimee Villas, a lab technician, strikes alongside patient care and service workers represented by AFSCME Local 3299 at the UCSF Medical Center Mission Bay campus on Nov. 17, 2025, for living wages, affordable health care, housing benefits and safe staffing. The union representing over 40,000 University of California custodians, food service workers, patient care assistants and hospital technicians launched the two-day strike on Monday. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)"
"Tens of thousands of University of California workers began a two-day strike Monday as yearslong negotiations with the university system over wages and benefits remain stalled. UCSF Health said in a statement that it did not expect significant disruptions to essential operations thanks to contingency plans, although radiology and lab services could still see delays, along with transportation and custodial services across the system."
"In April, the university increased its best and final offer to make up for "potentially catastrophic state and federal funding cuts," said UC Associate Vice President for Systemwide Labor and Employee Relations Missy Matella. The UC said its offer was $113 million higher than its initial offer in February 2024, and meets the union's demand to raise minimum wage to $25 an hour. AFSCME had asked that the wage hike be retroactive to 2023. It was implemented in July."
Tens of thousands of University of California custodians, food service workers, patient care assistants and hospital technicians launched a two-day strike over wages, health care, housing benefits and safe staffing. Negotiations between AFSCME and the UC began in January 2024 and have been deadlocked since April after the university presented a "best and final" offer the union found insufficient. UCSF Health said contingency plans should prevent major disruptions, though radiology, lab, transportation and custodial services could see delays. The UC increased its offer by $113 million since February 2024, implemented a $25 minimum wage in July, and added monthly health insurance premium credits up to $125.
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