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DESCRIPTION:Attention Sisters & Brothers:\n\nSETTLE OUR CONTRACT NOW PICKET:\nOur 
 patients, students and families can't wait!\nThursday, Feb 28th 3:00 - 5:00 
 PM\nUCSC Baytree Bookstore\n\nTHIS IS A CRITICAL POINT IN THE BARGAINING 
 PROCESS. IN ORDER TO SHOW UC WE CARE, STUDENTS NEED TO COME OUT IN FORCE TO 
 SUPPORT WORKERS!\n\nMembers and allies of the American Federation of State 
 County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3299 at the University of 
 California are demanding a FAIR CONTRACT NOW. UC has been refusing to agree 
 to fair market standards for the 20,000 patient care and service workers at 
 all UC campuses and medical centers. A mediator has been brought in to the 
 negotiations, but UC still has not budged. UC's below market standards are 
 hurting UCSC workers and the broader Monterey Bay Community - we say 
 enough!\n\n*  UC workers still have not been brought up to market rate 
 standards and struggle to make ends meet. UC is a world class institution 
 that needs to prioritize the front line staff who deliver student and 
 patient care services. AFSCME members work hard and deserve fair treatment 
 including longevity salary steps guaranteed benefits.\n\n*  UC is replacing 
 full-time career jobs with un-benefited per diem positions or hiring 
 subcontracted, non-union temporary workers who have little experience 
 working at UC.\n\n*  UC has been taking advantage of working students by 
 hiring them to do the same work as our members for less pay and benefits. 
 In Santa Barbara only 38 career Food Service jobs remain because the other 
 positions have been replaced with student workers. UC Santa Cruz management 
 has been attempting similar erosions of good, union-represented jobs.\n\n*  
 Contracted jobs create a second class of workers at UC, usually with lower 
 wages and benefits. This undercuts the wage and benefits standards we 
 fought hard for at UC. \n\nPlease join us on the picket line (rain or 
 shine) to demand protections for good jobs and fair market standards for UC 
 workers!\n\nSETTLE OUR CONTRACT NOW PICKET:\nOur patients, students and 
 families can't wait!\nThursday, Feb 28th 3:00 - 5:00 PM\nUCSC Baytree 
 Bookstore\n\nFor more information, please check out: www.afscme3299.org or 
 call (831) 425-4822.\n\nin unity,\n\n-- \nAllison Sirny-Guevara\nOrganizer, 
 AFSCME Local 3299\nTel. (831) 425-4822\nasg@afscme3299.org\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/02/20/18480438.php
SUMMARY:AFSCME Rally / Picket for a Fair Contract
LOCATION:Baytree Bookstore\nUC Santa Cruz
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/02/20/18480438.php
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