“During nearly two years of bargaining, UC has spent billions of dollars acquiring new facilities, lavishing exorbitant raises on its wealthiest executives and funding housing assistance programs to help these same ivory tower elites buy mansions or second homes — but it won’t offer its frontline workers enough to pay the rent or keep pace with the skyrocketing costs of groceries,” Michael Avant, president of AFSCME Local 3299, said in a statement.
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“We wouldn't be out here if the university had offered something that was fair to our members,” she said. “We all want to make sure that we take care of our own families, the way that I take care of the babies that are born here.”
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On Thursday, President Avant spoke at a ICE out of SD rally in solidarity with community groups and special guest speaker, Chris Smalls. United we made it clear: We want ICE out of our workplace and community because as President avant said “ We have to stand in solidarity with each other because just like in the workplace, an injury to one is an injury to all.”
#afscme3299 #noice #abolishice #iceout #chrissmalls #sandiego
Day 2 of #AFSCME3299 strike at UCSD Jacobs Medical Center in La Jolla CA had hundreds of hospital workers on picket lines w/ nurses & professional staff joining to support them. #Strike4Equality#CNA#UCstrike
Starbucks workers across the country are on an Unfair Labor Practices strike, fighting for a fair contract.
While workers are on strike, I won’t be buying any Starbucks, and I’m asking you to join us.
Together, we can send a powerful message: No contract, no coffee.
“During nearly two years of bargaining, UC has spent billions of dollars acquiring new facilities, lavishing exorbitant raises on its wealthiest executives and funding housing assistance programs to help these same ivory tower elites buy mansions or second homes — but it won’t offer its frontline workers enough to pay the rent or keep pace with the skyrocketing cost of groceries,” Michael Avant, the union’s president, said in a statement.
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Over 80,000 workers across all UC campuses and hospitals are ready to strike on Nov 17th. Workers with @afscme3299 , @UPTECWA , and @CalNurses are ready to walk off the job in the largest ever university strike.
*CNA members are joining in a sympathy strike
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless $SBUX finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on Nov 13– the company's busiest day of the year.
Our bargaining team has called for a strike! Enough is enough. UC refuses to take our demands seriously. Instead, they have
🪙 Paid us poverty wages while increasing their salaries
🙅🏻♀️ Refused to provide basic housing benefits
❌ Removed healthcare caps and increased healthcare premiums
We won’t let them tell us what we’re worth, will you?
#afscme3299 #3299Strong #UCWorkers #Strike #whenwefightwewin #ucworker #explore #faircontractnow #ucberkeley #ucdavis #ucirvine #ucla #ucmerced #ucriverside #ucsantabarbara #ucsantacruz #ucsandiego #ucsanfrancisco
Your daily reminder that Trump receives the best healthcare in the world at the 100% government funded, government run Walter Reed hospital while he throws 15 million Americans off healthcare and doubles premiums. Trump loves socialism for himself, rugged capitalism for the rest.