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East Bay | Labor & Workers4/14: Workers at UC Campuses Need Your Support
Picketing begins 6am, Thursday, April 14, continues until 11:30 pm UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE STRIKE
WORKERS AT UC CAMPUSES NEED YOUR SUPPORT Picketing begins 6am, Thursday, April 14, continues until 11:30 pm Legislators call the University of California “the worst employer in the state.” UC refuses to bargain in good faith with AFSCME 3299 members, the people who keep the campus running! ï¾· 93% of UC service workers earn wages that do not meet basic needs for a single adult with a child. ï¾· 46% earn wages that do not meet basic needs for a two wage-earner, two child family (if both adults earned the same amount). ï¾· UC food service workers earn wages so low that they are eligible for nine major publicly-funded welfare programs. Join workers, students and community members at nine campuses around the state for this strike. THURSDAY, APRIL 14 – BERKELEY CAMPUS 6am¿¿.. Picket lines up at Sproul Plaza (just inside campus, near the intersection of Bancroft & Telegraph) Noon¿.Rally at Sproul Plaza 4pm¿¿Rally at International House, 2299 Piedmont Av., Berkeley ‘til 11:30 pmï¿.Picketing continues at many locations If you can help picket before 6am, call (510) 774-4048 to ask for a gate assignment.
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