Despite more than a year of bargaining, a two-day strike and union accusations that its medical facilities are understaffed and poorly managed, the University of California’s contract talks for its 15,000 hospital workers remain deadlocked. Now the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 says it’s prepared to make concessions on pensions, including higher contributions from all workers and later retirement ages for future hires, but it wants the UC to hire more hospital employees and cap high-end pensions.

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by Jon Ortiz, The Sacramento Bee.

Posted: July 16th, 2013, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.