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California | Santa Cruz Indymedia | Education & Student Activism | Labor & WorkersUC Workers and Students Picket in Support of AFSCME's Contract Fight
On December 6, University of California employees represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3299 held statewide pickets at all five UC medical centers and 10 campuses to express their concerns with current working conditions and their effect on patient care and student services. At UC Santa Cruz, approximately 200 students and workers from AFSCME and other Monterey Bay Area unions participated in a rain soaked picket and rally in the Bay Tree Plaza.  baytree_12-6-07.jpg You can listen to audio coverage of the protest at UC Berkeley courtesy of the KPFA Evening News:
mp3: http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2007/12/12/afscme-ucb_12-6-07.mp3 The Student and Worker Coalition for Justice at UC Santa Cruz has been actively supporting the AFSCME Local 3299 workers. On November 20th, students joined workers on a delegation to the Chancellor to deliver empty plates signed by workers & students, protesting the fact that the Chancellors in the UC are all getting 33% raises while workers aren't making enough to get by and to let the Chancellor know that AFSCME workers will be working 2nd and 3rd jobs just to put food on the table. Protesters expressed outrage that Chancellor Blumenthal would consider accepting a 33% raise before paying all UC workers a basic living wage, market rate salary steps and ensuring healthcare and pension protections. The Student and Worker Coalition for Justice (SWCJ) is a group of students at UCSC that is dedicated to insuring justice for all workers on campus. The SWCJ works closely with the unions present at UCSC, and because AFSCME is in a struggle for a fair contract this year, much of the SWCJ's efforts have gone into organizing student for AFSCME workers. If you are interested in supporting the workers that allow the the University of California to function, then you can get involved by going to the SWCJ meetings on Wednesdays at 6pm at the top of the Student Union Building at UCSC. AFSCME Local 3299 http://www.afscme3299.org United Auto Workers Local 2865 http://www.uaw2865.org Coalition of University Employees http://www.santacruzcue.org UPTE Local 3 AFL-CIO http://www.upte.org UCSC-AFT http://www.ucsc-aft.org UC Faculty Association Members of unions off campus also attended the rally, including: Greater Santa Cruz Federation of Teachers - Local 2030 http://www.gscft.org Monterey Bay Central Labor Council AFL-CIO http://www.montereybaylabor.org Santa Cruz General Membership Branch, Industrial Workers of the World http://www.iww.org/en/branches/US/CA/santacruzgmb.shtml For more background information and photos from the September 27th rally at UCSC in support of AFSCME, please see: Student and Worker Solidarity Kicks Off School Year at UCSC http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/09/28/18450191.php
§UC Santa Cruz Dining
 dining_12-6-07.jpg An employee of UC Santa Cruz Dining participates in the picket demanding that the UC improve working conditions.
 students_12-6-07.jpg  express_12-6-07.jpg  afscme_12-6-07.jpg Taking Back UC: for Patients, Students and Our Families
http://www.afscme3299.org  picket_12-6-07.jpg  support_12-6-07.jpg  rock_12-6-07.jpg  birkenstocks_12-6-07.jpg  3299_12-6-07.jpg  ryan_12-6-07.jpg Ryan Harvey
http://www.riotfolk.org/member.php?id=4  adhamh_12-6-07.jpg  respect_12-6-07.jpg  lilia_12-6-07.jpg Lilia of the Student and Worker Coalition for Justice
https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/swcj  robert_12-6-07.jpg Robert Chacanaca from the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council
http://www.montereybaylabor.org  dana_12-6-07.jpg Dana Frank, UCSC Professor of Labor and History
http://www.southendpress.org/authors/264 http://currents.ucsc.edu/05-06/01-09/frank.asp  maria_12-6-07.jpg Maria Padilla, a dedicated worker and AFSCME member
http://www.afscme3299.org  nora_12-6-07.jpg Nora Hochman is a labor advocate now working with the Coalition of University Employees (CUE)
http://www.cueunion.org/ucsc/scruz.php http://santacruzcue.org  labor-relations_12-6-07.jpg No, Really, the Human Resources Labor Relations office and employees just LOVE hearing from students, workers and other concerned community members.
Location: 2901 Mission Street Extension, Suite C Fax: 831-458-0103 Suzanne Purcell, Senior Manager, 831-459-2980, lrsp [at] ucsc.edu Paul Chandley, Principal LR Consultant, 831-459-1579, chandley [at] ucsc.edu Corinne Lopez-Allen, Senior LR Consultant, 831-459-2143, calopeza [at] ucsc.edu Janez Gingery, LR Consultant, 831-459-1032, jgingery [at] ucsc.edu  cesar_12-6-07.jpg Cesar Lara, Program Director for the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council
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