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UC and AFSCME Reach Tentative Deal to Avert Statewide Strike

The deal faces a member ratification vote next week after months of disputes over pay, healthcare costs and housing.

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AFSCME Local 3299 Executive Vice President Kathryn Lybarger speaks during a press conference outside UCSF Mission Bay Hospital in San Francisco on April 15. Lybarger’s union, which represents health care and other campus workers, announced an open-ended strike starting May 14 at UC hospitals and campuses across the state.
Union members representing 42,000 hospital technicians and other staff members announced on April 15 that they would strike across all University of California hospitals and campuses starting May 14.

Overview

  • AFSCME Local 3299 and the University of California reached a tentative contract early Thursday, canceling an open-ended walkout planned across all 10 campuses and five medical centers.
  • The parties said the agreement raises wages, caps health-insurance premium increases and includes a $1,500 one-time payment along with equity and longevity bonuses.
  • The union said the lowest-paid workers would get their largest raises and a path to a $30.10 hourly minimum by 2029, subject to member approval.
  • Housing provisions remain unclear, with no full terms released, and a UC worker told KQED an eviction-assistance proposal did not make the deal.
  • Members vote May 19–21 on a pact running through November 2029 after months of short strikes and warnings that a walkout would delay imaging, lab work and infusions while ERs stayed open.