UC’s contract proposals to AFSCME-represented staff have offered guaranteed annual wage increases and excellent benefits, and protect employee jobs.
We hope AFSCME-represented employees come to work next week and do not strike.
Wage Increases for Service Staff |
17.5% wage increase over 4 years:
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Wage Increases for Patient Care Technical Staff | 23.5% wage increase over 4 years:
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Health Care |
No rate increases in Kaiser and Health Net (paybands 1 and 2), meaning UC employees continue to pay 10 times less than other state workers. Kaiser payband 1:
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Pension Benefits | Per AFSCME's request, same pension formula as UPTE and CNA in which employees contribute 9% of pay. UC previously offered alternatives in which workers would contribute as little as 5%, which AFSCME rejected. | |||||||||
Retiree Health Care | Same retiree health care eligibility rules as other unions. No increase in Kaiser retiree benefit premiums. |
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Protecting Jobs | Improved job protections from layoffs and the use of outside contractors. Under existing contract, UC already does not contract out any services that would result in layoffs. |
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Seniority | Using seniority to fill open shifts Ensuring seniority is used for voluntary overtime |
UC has repeatedly improved its offers for more than a year, in an effort to reach a settlement.
AFSCME’s planned five-day strike in March will cost UC about $10 million a day to maintain critical services for patients. AFSCME’s last two strikes in May and November cost UC about $30 million.
UC believes employees deserve the opportunity to vote on its offers.