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CSU Union Members and Students Rally for Fair Wages, Against Proposed Tuition Hike
Photo by Tess Kazenoff Current salary negotiations mark one of the first times that all of the unions (which includes the Teamsters, Academic Professionals of California or APC, California Faculty Association or CFA, the Union of Academic Student Workers or UAW 4123,...
CSU Employees Rally at Board of Trustees Meeting in Long Beach
Photo Credit: Damian Dovarganes / AP Photo Is there workplace strength in numbers for higher pay and better benefits? California State University employees in multiple labor unions think so. To this end, employees in the Academic Professionals of California,...
Why Buffalo Niagara Unions are Bucking the Trend Toward Declining Membership
In May, about 800 resident doctors and fellows at the University at Buffalo, who staff hospitals across the region, voted to join the Union of American Physicians and Dentists. Residents and fellows are organizing at some other universities around the country, as...
East Bay health workers strike over conditions, pay
Providers have been in negotiation with LifeLong for more than a year over higher wages and improved conditions. Tim Jenkins is a senior representative with the Union of American Physicians and Dentists, the union that represents LifeLong providers. “The people we’re...
LifeLong Medical Care workers strike for fair workload, compensation equity
Over 130 physicians, nurses, dentists, therapists and other staffers at LifeLong Medical Care, a nonprofit provider of medical, dental, and social services for low income people, went on a one day strike on Tuesday. The strike called attention to demands for fair...
Doctors strike at East Bay clinics serving low-income, homeless patients
Medical and mental health workers gather outside the West Berkeley Health Center on Tuesday morning during a daylong strike. After negotiating their first contract for over a year, the unionized workers and LifeLong management have yet to reach a deal. Credit: Ximena...