UC’s largest employee union to vote on potential strike
Fearing for their job security as more positions are outsourced, the University of California‘s largest employee union says its members will vote next month on whether to strike for the second time this year. Leaders with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 3299 made the announcement at Wednesday’s U.C. Board of Regents meeting in Oakland amid stalled labor negotiations… The vote — set for Oct. 9 and 10 — follows a three-day walkout by 53,000 UC workers last May over the University’s outsourcing practices. The union claims the move is fueling income, gender, and racial inequality within the UC workforce.
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by Kevin Smith, The Press-Enterprise.