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.
Labor relations
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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.