Tag Archive for ‘benefits’

Thousands of AFSCME 3299 Members Fight Back Against UC’s Cuts!

From UC Davis to UC San Diego, 3299 members took to the street to tell UC no cuts to our families, our students or our patients!

Picket Draws over 1,500 throughout UC system!

Over 1,500 workers and supporters rallied throughout the state on March 16 to demand that UC executives stop trying to balance the budget on the backs of students, patients, and workers.

UC Targets Pension Benefits

Confronting a $24 billion unfunded liability in its retirement plan, leaders of the University of California are poised to make significant changes to pension and health care benefits for the system’s retirees.

Thousands of Workers Say… “No Cuts!”

AFSCME members on every campus and medical center in the UC system wore “Dignity” stickers to show that we stand united against cuts to our retirement benefits. UC executives are planning massive cuts to our retirement and retiree health care benefits.

UC Unions Say NO to Two-Tier Health Coverage

At a stakeholder meeting on July 3, 2007, UC Unions told UC administration we will not accept any of the lower-tier benefit plans, such as the “high-low” plans, which UC is considering for 2008.

Pension Bargaining Update #1 (2006): UC Unions Formally Oppose Pay Cuts for Benefits

UC has told UC Staff Unions that they want to bargain now – mid contracts – on employee contributions to the pension.

On October 25, UC Staff Unions will meet with the University to express our strongest opposition. Employees who are paid far below-market – as UC admits we are – cannot fairly be expected to contribute to the UC pension fund.