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DESCRIPTION:UPTE-CWA Local 9119, the union representing nearly 800 health care workers 
 at UC San Francisco Medical Center will hold informational pickets at 3 
 locations on Wednesday, October 11th to demand that UC management address 
 staffing shortages.  \n\nUCSF Medical Center employees are the area’s 
 lowest paid health care workers. UCSF caregivers are leaving in droves to 
 other area hospitals that pay significantly more.  UC has recently proposed 
 a 1% pay cut through increased pension contributions.\n\n“UCSF health 
 care workers are already severely underpaid”, said Sharon Valdez, UCSF 
 Clinical Lab Scientist.  “Taking a pay cut in the form of increased 
 pension contributions will mean that UCSF will fail to recruit and retain 
 the best staff.”\n\nUC is demanding that employees start contributing 
 into the pension plan, despite a recent actuarial report 
 (http://www.upte.org/VenutiReport.pdf) that questions many of their 
 assumptions.\n\n“I love my patients and clients and the health care teams 
 with whom I work”, said Chris Radke-Schmidt, UCSF Licensed Clinical 
 Social Worker.  “It’s a shame that UC doesn’t realize that cutting 
 corners by paying people as little as possible means that patient care is 
 compromised when they can’t attract qualified 
 professionals.”\n\nUPTE-CWA Local 9119 represents over 2,300 health care 
 workers, such as Clinical Social Workers, Pharmacists and Clinical Lab 
 Scientists, Audiologists, and Social Work Associates throughout the 5 UC 
 Medical Centers, and the 9 campus student health centers.   \n \nThe 
 informational picket will be held at 3 locations on Wednesday, October 11, 
 2006.  Two will be held from 11:30am-1:00pm at the UCSF Medical Center, 513 
 Parnassus Ave., and San Francisco General Hospital, 1001 Potrero Ave., in 
 front of the main hospital.  The third action will take place at the China 
 Basin campus, 185 Berry St, San Francisco.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/10/09/18319200.php
SUMMARY:Informational Picket at UCSF
LOCATION:513 Parnassus (UCSF Main Campus)\n1001 Potrero Ave (SFGH)\n185 Berry Street 
 (UCSF - China Basin Campus)\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/10/09/18319200.php
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