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Santa Cruz Indymedia | Education & Student Activism | Labor & WorkersUCSC Workers Offer New Year Resolutions To Shape Up UC
Members of AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) Local 3299 (custodians, food service workers, gardeners, maintenance workers, shuttle drivers and medical center workers) as well as students, teachers, and community allies, rallied at UC Santa Cruz on January 31st, the same day AFSCME's contract with the University of California (UC) expired. The demonstration coincided with AFSCME Local 3299's statewide delegations to all five UC medical center CEOs and all ten campus Chancellors to present a list of seven new year resolutions that the UC System must adopt to ensure quality patient care and student services.  imperious_1-31-08.jpg FOR MORE PHOTOS AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT:
Rally in UCSC's Baytree Plaza Demands Justice for UC's Lowest Wage Workers http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/02/02/18476622.php
§Taking Back UC!
 taking-back_1-31-08.jpg  security_1-31-08.jpg  rosario_1-31-08.jpg  kerr-hall_1-31-08.jpg  tony_1-31-08.jpg  amy_1-31-08.jpg University Professional & Technical Employees (UPTE) was founded in 1990 to organize workers at the University of California.
http://www.upte.org  jenny_1-31-08.jpg Jenny Chan is chief coordinator of Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM) in Hong Kong and a steering committee member of GoodElectronics. She received her M.Phil. in Sociology at the University of Hong Kong in May 2006.
 labor-solidarity_1-31-08....  jesper_1-31-08.jpg Jesper Nielsen is international adviser for the United Federation of Danish Workers, which has 360,000 affiliates. He works with trade union development cooperation mainly in Central America and Africa, and with international solidarity campaigns. He was previously based in Nicaragua working with projects in Latin America.
 dana_1-31-08.jpg  robert_1-31-08.jpg The Monterey Bay Central Labor Council is the "union of all the unions", representing 60 AFL-CIO and Change to Win labor unions on California's central coast.
http://www.montereybaylabor.org The American Federation of Teachers was founded in 1916 to represent the economic, social and professional interests of classroom teachers. It is an affiliated international union of the AFL-CIO. http://www.aft.org  yolanda_1-31-08.jpg  jose_1-31-08.jpg  students_1-31-08.jpg  felicia_1-31-08.jpg  resolutions_1-31-08.jpg Maria Padilla presents 7 new year resolutions to help UC become the good employer and neighbor Californians want.
“Failing California’s Communities: How the University of California’s Low Wages Affect Surrounding Cities and Neighborhoods” http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/02/02/18476618.php  maria_1-31-08.jpg FOR MORE PHOTOS AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT:
Rally in UCSC's Baytree Plaza Demands Justice for UC's Lowest Wage Workers http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/02/02/18476622.php Comments (Hide Comments)
Saturday Feb 2nd, 2008 7:29 PM
I'm all for UC paying the workers more money, but I just gotta make an observation; Robert Chanacaca's hands haven't seen any 'labor' in a long time. No callouses, scars, burns, cuts or dirt under the nails. Just something I noticed, and felt I should point out...
Sunday Feb 3rd, 2008 8:57 AM
um, looking at that photo, I would disagree. He looks like he has hands on the relatively used and stubby side, even if he had washed them recently. By the way, lots of blue collar people who do manual jobs are using equipment, and aren't necessarily picking lettuce or digging with a shovel. Janitors, prep cooks, truck drivers etc. these days aren't going to have calloused hands. Even trash collectors aren't lifting cans themselves like they used to in the 1980s.
Thursday Feb 7th, 2008 1:00 PM
I wold like to start out saying I agree everyone should be paid a fair salary for a fair days work. Now here comes the part I will get hated for. Define fair. The suggested salaries for the so called front line workers suggested by the unions are rapidly approaching those of people who have worked hard to get an education, learn a skill, and enter the work force in a technical field. I know UC technical employees who are barely making $32,000 a year or $15/hr. Why is it fair to raise the pay of employees who do work hard but basically are in a job that required nothing more than some on the job training. There was a time the reason these jobs paid so poorly is that they were entry level jobs that people took while in school or while looking for a job that better suited their technical and educational skills. Do I think employees of the UC system are under paid? Yes, all employees! Employees with many years experience and advanced tachincal education are paid almost 25% less than their non UC counterparts.
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