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
Seventeen months of bargaining. Years of organizing. One goal: reset UC's priorities to better serve all Californians. By 98%, UPTE members have officially ratified our next contract.
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Seventeen months of bargaining. Years of organizing. One goal: reset UC's priorities to better serve all Californians. By 98%, UPTE members have officially ratified our next contract.
Final day to vote! This TA delivers the biggest raises UPTE has ever won, blocks major PPO premium hikes for all pay bands/coverage levels, and even lowers 2026 UC Blue & Gold plan costs vs today. To lock it in, we must approve it—vote YES now here: upte.org/vote
#UC #ResetUCPriorities #UnionStrong
#UC #ResetUCPriorities #UnionStrong
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Final day to vote! This TA delivers the biggest raises UPTE has ever won, blocks major PPO premium hikes for all pay bands/coverage levels, and even lowers 2026 UC Blue & Gold plan costs vs today. To lock it in, we must approve it—vote YES now here: upte.org/vote
#UC #ResetUCPriorities #UnionStrong
#UC #ResetUCPriorities #UnionStrong
I am overjoyed that I will be able to afford a safe place to sleep close enough to commute to my job at UCSF. Let’s carry on together, like we have from the beginning, toward ratifying this historic agreement by voting YES. Learn more: upte.org/updates/how-...
#UnionStrong #UC #ResetUCPriorities
#UnionStrong #UC #ResetUCPriorities
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I am overjoyed that I will be able to afford a safe place to sleep close enough to commute to my job at UCSF. Let’s carry on together, like we have from the beginning, toward ratifying this historic agreement by voting YES. Learn more: upte.org/updates/how-...
#UnionStrong #UC #ResetUCPriorities
#UnionStrong #UC #ResetUCPriorities
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
One day longer, one day stronger! Solidarity with our AFSCME 3299 siblings while they strike for a fair contract. #UnionStrong #UC #ResetUCPriorities
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
One day longer, one day stronger! Solidarity with our AFSCME 3299 siblings while they strike for a fair contract. #UnionStrong #UC #ResetUCPriorities
Solidarity forever, AFSCME 3299! #UnionStrong #UC
November 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Solidarity forever, AFSCME 3299! #UnionStrong #UC
Come rain or shine, we stand in solidarity with our AFSCME 3299 siblings as they fight for a fair contract! #UnionStrong #UC
November 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Come rain or shine, we stand in solidarity with our AFSCME 3299 siblings as they fight for a fair contract! #UnionStrong #UC
While we’re pleased to have reached a tentative agreement, our AFSCME 3299 siblings continue to fight! Join them before/after work or during breaks today and tomorrow, and be sure to cast your ballot on our TA at UPTE.org/vote
November 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
While we’re pleased to have reached a tentative agreement, our AFSCME 3299 siblings continue to fight! Join them before/after work or during breaks today and tomorrow, and be sure to cast your ballot on our TA at UPTE.org/vote
FYI: UC's 2026 Blue & Gold and Kaiser premiums displayed in UC's Open Enrollment and Alex tools are inaccurate. Visit upte.org/premiums for the right information based on our TA, and vote to ratify our TA at upte.org/vote. ✅
November 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
FYI: UC's 2026 Blue & Gold and Kaiser premiums displayed in UC's Open Enrollment and Alex tools are inaccurate. Visit upte.org/premiums for the right information based on our TA, and vote to ratify our TA at upte.org/vote. ✅
UPTE members: make your voice heard! Your bargaining team unanimously recommends a YES vote on our tentative agreement with UC. Voting ends Thu, Nov 20. A YES means implementing these gains ASAP. Vote YES to ratify: upte.org/vote
#UC #ResetUCPriorities #UnionStrong
#UC #ResetUCPriorities #UnionStrong
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
UPTE members: make your voice heard! Your bargaining team unanimously recommends a YES vote on our tentative agreement with UC. Voting ends Thu, Nov 20. A YES means implementing these gains ASAP. Vote YES to ratify: upte.org/vote
#UC #ResetUCPriorities #UnionStrong
#UC #ResetUCPriorities #UnionStrong
RSVP for the UPTE Tentative Agreement town hall tomorrow at noon on Zoom: upte.org/TAtownhall 💻
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
RSVP for the UPTE Tentative Agreement town hall tomorrow at noon on Zoom: upte.org/TAtownhall 💻
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! 💪 💪 💪