Young local workers once viewed service jobs as temporary steppingstones. Now, more than 80% told UC Santa Cruz researchers that they are open to unionizing, motivated by both economic pressures and a broader vision of workplace democracy.
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University of California UPTE union to hold strike authorization vote in late September
The union representing more than 20,000 technical, research and health care workers across the University of California system is prepared for a multiday work stoppage if members vote to authorize a strike.
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Safeway workers in Bay Area, Santa Cruz County, reach deal to avert strike
A tentative agreement between Safeway and two United Food and Commercial Workers unions has averted what would have been the first regional strike against the grocery chain in nearly 30 years, union officials said on Friday.
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A day of protest in photos: May Day rallies across Santa Cruz County
Hundreds of demonstrators turned out across Santa Cruz County on Thursday for a series of May Day protests and labor actions in honor of International Workers’ Day. Photojournalist Kevin Painchaud captured the scenes from across the county.
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UC workers in patient service, transportation and research announce third daylong strike of year
Unions representing about 60,000 employees across the University of California system, including 753 at UC Santa Cruz, will strike May 1 to protest what they say is the university’s unlawful conduct.
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UC Santa Cruz workers plan one-day strike April 1
UC Santa Cruz is bracing for major disruptions on campus as some unionized workers prepare for a one-day strike on April 1 as part of a systemwide job action affecting services from patient care to campus transportation.
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Watsonville Community Hospital service workers reach tentative agreement, averting strike
Service workers at Watsonville Community Hospital have reached a tentative agreement with hospital administrators over health care benefits and wages, avoiding a three-day strike, according to union representatives.
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New union contract hikes wages for home care workers in Santa Cruz County
The union representing long-term care workers in California has ratified an agreement with Santa Cruz County to boost pay to $25 an hour.
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Animal shelter workers press for more pay, staff after retracting calls for administrator firings
Though the union representing Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter workers has retracted its calls for shelter board members and administrators to be fired, shelter workers told a joint powers authority board meeting on Monday that they are continuing to push for more staff, resources and better pay. Shelter management expects to report on salary study findings in February.