UAW Workers Stage ‘Last Chance’ Practice Picket at UC Santa Barbara
About 300 unionized UC workers marched through campus Thursday in a coordinated statewide action organizers described as a “last chance” signal to university leaders.
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About 300 unionized UC workers marched through campus Thursday in a coordinated statewide action organizers described as a “last chance” signal to university leaders.
At UCSB, the affected workers include graduate student instructors and teaching assistants, academic researchers, undergraduate academic advisors, admissions coordinators, and other professional staff.
A settlement was reached with a Santa Maria–based company for COVID-era labor violations that impacted 10,000 workers.
At a press conference on the steps of Santa Barbara City Hall, union members say that KEYT’s parent company, News-Press & Gazette, isn’t coming to the table to negotiate.
The raises approved by the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors for In-Home Supportive Services workers were lower than what the union asked for, but caregivers said they will “keep pushing” for higher wages and benefits.
The union representing clerks and meat department workers at the Santa Barbara and Goleta markets says the contract delivers “wage increases, improvements in sick and bereavement leave, protection of health and welfare benefits, and more.”
Employees of the Santa Barbara and Goleta markets reach a tentative agreement with ownership.
The union representing 21,000 healthcare, research, and technical professionals celebrates what union leaders are calling a historic win.
Workers are prepared to walk out due to unfair labor practices ahead of Thanksgiving holiday.
Tens of thousands walk off the job across the UC system as part of unions’ two-day labor strike.