UPTE-CWA Local 9119
@uptecwa.bsky.social
University Professional & Technical Employees is a member-led union of 22,000 healthcare, research, education, and technical workers at the University of California, DOE labs, & community colleges. https://linktr.ee/uptecwa
UPTE’s 2025 TA wins across our priority “buckets”: fair pay, work-life balance, job security & advancement. Thanks to members & reps who picketed and organized across hospitals, campuses & clinics—uniting 21,000 workers. TA summary: upte.org/summary
#UnionStrong #UC
#UnionStrong #UC
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
UPTE’s 2025 TA wins across our priority “buckets”: fair pay, work-life balance, job security & advancement. Thanks to members & reps who picketed and organized across hospitals, campuses & clinics—uniting 21,000 workers. TA summary: upte.org/summary
#UnionStrong #UC
#UnionStrong #UC
How does a public institution such as UC justify new hospitals with an eye-popping price tag while simultaneously laying off the very workers needed to staff them? Read our full report here: upte.org/research
#UC #ResetUCPriorities #StrikeReady
#UC #ResetUCPriorities #StrikeReady
November 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
How does a public institution such as UC justify new hospitals with an eye-popping price tag while simultaneously laying off the very workers needed to staff them? Read our full report here: upte.org/research
#UC #ResetUCPriorities #StrikeReady
#UC #ResetUCPriorities #StrikeReady
UC is pouring billions into hospital projects—$20.8 billion in active projects, with another $31.6 billion planned—while laying off hundreds of frontline staff. Our report shows significant cost overruns. We are ready to fight for safe staffing, patient care, and fair pay. #UC
November 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
UC is pouring billions into hospital projects—$20.8 billion in active projects, with another $31.6 billion planned—while laying off hundreds of frontline staff. Our report shows significant cost overruns. We are ready to fight for safe staffing, patient care, and fair pay. #UC
ICYMI: UPTE members are READY TO STRIKE on 11/17 & 11/18! We rallied at UCLA today and proved yet again that we are ready to do what it takes to reset UC's priorities and end the staffing crisis that endangers our patients, students, and research. RSVP now: upte.org/rsvp
November 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
ICYMI: UPTE members are READY TO STRIKE on 11/17 & 11/18! We rallied at UCLA today and proved yet again that we are ready to do what it takes to reset UC's priorities and end the staffing crisis that endangers our patients, students, and research. RSVP now: upte.org/rsvp
Staff at the @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social Veterinary Genetics Lab are #StrikeReady! 🐶 🐴 🐑
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Staff at the @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social Veterinary Genetics Lab are #StrikeReady! 🐶 🐴 🐑
These Oncology and Investigational Drug Pharmacists are #StrikeReady!
@uofcalifornia.bsky.social, we don't want to hit the picket lines again, but believe that we will if that's what it takes 💪 💪 💪
@uofcalifornia.bsky.social, we don't want to hit the picket lines again, but believe that we will if that's what it takes 💪 💪 💪
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
These Oncology and Investigational Drug Pharmacists are #StrikeReady!
@uofcalifornia.bsky.social, we don't want to hit the picket lines again, but believe that we will if that's what it takes 💪 💪 💪
@uofcalifornia.bsky.social, we don't want to hit the picket lines again, but believe that we will if that's what it takes 💪 💪 💪
Campus clinical social workers (CSWs) at @UCSF lead harm‑reduction and diversion efforts that keep people alive and out of crisis—yet UC's unfair treatment of them has produced a crisis of retention that undermines care. Now, they're #StrikeReady!
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Campus clinical social workers (CSWs) at @UCSF lead harm‑reduction and diversion efforts that keep people alive and out of crisis—yet UC's unfair treatment of them has produced a crisis of retention that undermines care. Now, they're #StrikeReady!
Hey @UCSF, have you heard? Audiologists are #StrikeReady!
November 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Hey @UCSF, have you heard? Audiologists are #StrikeReady!
Approximately 70% of physician decisions are based on work done by clinical lab scientists like these ones who work in hematology at UCSF—and 100% of these people are ready to #strike if they have to.
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Approximately 70% of physician decisions are based on work done by clinical lab scientists like these ones who work in hematology at UCSF—and 100% of these people are ready to #strike if they have to.
We may not yet know what mediation with UC will bring, but there's one thing we do know—UPTE members at the UCSF Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases are ready to STRIKE if necessary!
November 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
We may not yet know what mediation with UC will bring, but there's one thing we do know—UPTE members at the UCSF Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases are ready to STRIKE if necessary!
UPTE members at UCR were out in force today to demand leadership bring back Heather Johnson. 📢 Heather is a beloved and crucial staff therapist on campus who was placed on indefinite leave for speaking up and participating in UPTE. ✍️ Sign our petition: upte.org/DoRightUCR
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
UPTE members at UCR were out in force today to demand leadership bring back Heather Johnson. 📢 Heather is a beloved and crucial staff therapist on campus who was placed on indefinite leave for speaking up and participating in UPTE. ✍️ Sign our petition: upte.org/DoRightUCR
Join your UPTE colleagues for a rally on Thursday, November 6, at 12 pm, at UCLA Medical Center. Let’s show UC that when we stand together, we move the university—and we’re ready to escalate until we win. RSVP here: upte.org/ucla
#UC #UCLA #ResetUCPriorities
#UC #UCLA #ResetUCPriorities
November 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Join your UPTE colleagues for a rally on Thursday, November 6, at 12 pm, at UCLA Medical Center. Let’s show UC that when we stand together, we move the university—and we’re ready to escalate until we win. RSVP here: upte.org/ucla
#UC #UCLA #ResetUCPriorities
#UC #UCLA #ResetUCPriorities
Pharmacy members at UCSF Children's Hospital Oakland are ready to strike! 💪 💪 💪
November 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Pharmacy members at UCSF Children's Hospital Oakland are ready to strike! 💪 💪 💪
Proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with our union siblings from @afscme3299.bsky.social and @calnurses.bsky.social today. There's nothing that scares @uofcalifornia.bsky.social more than our solidarity 👻 ✊
October 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with our union siblings from @afscme3299.bsky.social and @calnurses.bsky.social today. There's nothing that scares @uofcalifornia.bsky.social more than our solidarity 👻 ✊
These clinical research coordinators at @ucsfcancer.bsky.social Mission Bay are advancing potentially life-saving trials and pioneering new treatments. They don't want to strike, but they're ready if that's what it takes to reset UC's priorities.
October 31, 2025 at 8:32 PM
These clinical research coordinators at @ucsfcancer.bsky.social Mission Bay are advancing potentially life-saving trials and pioneering new treatments. They don't want to strike, but they're ready if that's what it takes to reset UC's priorities.
It was a real treat to strike prep together at UCI last night. 🍬 While UC's misplaced priorities are truly scary, our solidarity and commitment to our patients, students, and research are stronger than ever. 💪
October 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It was a real treat to strike prep together at UCI last night. 🍬 While UC's misplaced priorities are truly scary, our solidarity and commitment to our patients, students, and research are stronger than ever. 💪
UPTE's technical workers are the backbone of UC's technology infrastructure—and these Communications Network Technical Analysts at UC Riverside are ready to #STRIKE if need be ✊
October 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
UPTE's technical workers are the backbone of UC's technology infrastructure—and these Communications Network Technical Analysts at UC Riverside are ready to #STRIKE if need be ✊
So strike-ready, it's almost frightening! 🎃 Case managers, social workers, and med center IT staff throughout UCI are showing they're willing to do what it takes for the sake of our patients, students, and research.
October 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
So strike-ready, it's almost frightening! 🎃 Case managers, social workers, and med center IT staff throughout UCI are showing they're willing to do what it takes for the sake of our patients, students, and research.
Clinical lab scientists provide the data that physicians use to make around 60–70% of clinical decisions—and at UCLA Santa Monica, CLS members are strike-ready! 💪 💪 💪
October 31, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Clinical lab scientists provide the data that physicians use to make around 60–70% of clinical decisions—and at UCLA Santa Monica, CLS members are strike-ready! 💪 💪 💪
If we were @uofcalifornia.bsky.social, we'd be feeling frightened this Halloween seeing how many UPTE members are ready to strike—including clinical lab scientists at UCSF Children's Hospital Oakland!
October 31, 2025 at 12:15 AM
If we were @uofcalifornia.bsky.social, we'd be feeling frightened this Halloween seeing how many UPTE members are ready to strike—including clinical lab scientists at UCSF Children's Hospital Oakland!
Pharmacists at UCLA Santa Monica are ready to strike ✊ ✊ ✊
October 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Pharmacists at UCLA Santa Monica are ready to strike ✊ ✊ ✊
So, @uofcalifornia.bsky.social's fancy new $175+ million hotel is sure to help address the staffing issues hindering our research, delaying care to our patients, and enhancing the academic environment of our students, right? 😑
October 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
So, @uofcalifornia.bsky.social's fancy new $175+ million hotel is sure to help address the staffing issues hindering our research, delaying care to our patients, and enhancing the academic environment of our students, right? 😑
Our solution is simple: staff up, not sell out. Put people before properties. #ResetUCPriorities #UC #UnionStrong
October 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Our solution is simple: staff up, not sell out. Put people before properties. #ResetUCPriorities #UC #UnionStrong
It’s past time we reset UC’s priorities: invest in the workforce that delivers care, research, and education—not more luxury real estate. #UCBerkeley #BerkeleyNews #ResetUCPriorities
October 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
It’s past time we reset UC’s priorities: invest in the workforce that delivers care, research, and education—not more luxury real estate. #UCBerkeley #BerkeleyNews #ResetUCPriorities