The protracted talks means that families of 390,000 students still must scramble to make contingency plans for their children Tuesday - and some 70,000 workers, including teachers and school principals, don't know if they will be at work or on a picket line.
Remote work not only increases worker efficiency but also helps state workers who are struggling to pay bills. It costs state workers roughly $6,000 a year to come into office four times a week.
I think it's really a best case scenario. What I can say is that it was evident that the picket that we held on Thursday was absolutely instrumental in getting us over the finish line. The unions, which are units of the United Auto Workers, represent academic student employees, student services and advising professionals, as well as research and public service professionals across the U.C. system.
The new contract covers July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028, and was ratified by 99% of voting union members on March 23. The agreement includes a 3% retroactive raise for this school year, a 4% increase for next school year, and a one-time bonus of $600 to $1,000.
The government has withdrawn an offer of creating 1,000 more doctor training posts in England after the British Medical Association (BMA) refused to call off a six-day strike next week. The extra posts were part of a wider package of measures put forward by ministers earlier this year to resolve the long-running dispute with resident doctors.
We know staff feel unsafe. The mayor has been responsive. The city and Public Health has been responsive. But not our own employer. UCSF is not taking our concerns seriously and what we want is for them to meet with us.
Members of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), affiliated with National Nurses United, AFL-CIO, went out on a strike to protect their health insurance and pension benefits. Dania Muñoz, a nurse practitioner at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, explained that the private hospitals she and others were taking on are 'some of the top paid hospital systems in the country.'
NewYork-Presbyterian nurses rejected a tentative agreement by an overwhelming margin Wednesday, voting to extend their strike - now 31 days running - against the hospital system. Their union, the New York State Nurses Association, said the unfair labor practice strike and bargaining will continue. Out of approximately 4,200 NewYork-Presbyterian nurses who were eligible to cast ballots, 3,099 voted to reject the deal and 867 voted to approve it.
On Tuesday, California State Assemblymember Liz Ortega (D-San Leandro) introduced AB 1799, a bill that would require nonprofit health plans that receive significant state subsidies like Kaiser Permanente to disclose direct and indirect investments, including holdings tied to for-profit prisons and immigrant detention corporations. Nonprofit health care plans benefit from public subsidies and taxpayer support because of their obligation to put patients and community health first, a statement by United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals said.
On Tuesday, California State Assemblymember Liz Ortega (D-San Leandro) introduced AB 1799, a bill that would require nonprofit health plans that receive significant state subsidies - like Kaiser Permanente - to disclose direct and indirect investments, including holdings tied to for-profit prisons and immigrant detention corporations.
Nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital are heading back to the picket line as representatives take a seat at the bargaining table in an effort to reach a new contract. The largest and longest nurses strike in New York City history is entering its 39th day as the union and hospital continue to disagree. The is over-staffing, which is the subject of Thursday's bargaining session.
