American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

UCI Medical Center Patient Care Worker Strike Day Two: "We're Taking Care of the Patients We Need to Take Care Of:" Update

See Update No. 2 on page 2 about employee absenteeism being up significantly but surgeries only being slightly down, with UCI Medical Center officials vowing, "We're taking care of the patients we need to take care of." Update No. 1 on the next page has UC official claiming the two-day strike of pat ... More >>

UCI Medical Center Workers Prepare for Strike Vote; UC Says Union Ducking Pension Reform

Thirteen thousand patient care technical workers from the University of California's $6.9 billion medical system, which includes UC Irvine and UCI Medical Center in Orange, will start taking strike votes April 30.After 10 months of negotiations and more than three months of post-impasse proceedings, ... More >>

Students to Protest Tomorrow at UC Irvine Over Proposed Health Care Fee Increases Across UC System

Back in my grad school days at UCLA, I made frequent use of my health care there--not because I suffered from anything more than the occasional stomach ulcer, but because I was a hypochondriac. Besides, it was cheap, accessible, and it was the first time in my life I ever had health care. That was i ... More >>

UC Irvine Janitors Savor Victory

Rising tuition, reduced class offerings and ethnic tensions fueled many of the great campus conflicts of 2010-2011 at UC Irvine, but a side issue involved the treatment of campus janitors.At least that one seems to have been resolved.

Loretta Sanchez Cancels UC Riverside Commencement Speech at Behest of Union Masters

Sanchez: Laughing all the way to the bank...​Yesterday's announcement by Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-Won't Co-Sponsor DREAM Act) took about as much political courage as affixing a flag pin to her outfit. She is honoring a request by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Empl ... More >>

Parent Vows Petition to Remove Gustavo as UCLA Commencement Speaker

Listen to the message above. It's one Sandy Roberts, outraged that my alma mater, UCLA, chose me to give their commencement speech this month. I was confused at first, though, because I couldn't figure out what exactly upset her so much about me. Was she a Know Nothing? A pedophile apologist? An ... More >>

UC Workers Union Ask Commencement Speakers to Boycott Their Own Speeches--Time to Call Gustavo a Scab!

​A couple of weeks ago, I was at a backyard party in SanTana (no, not that type of party) when a gentleman sat down with me and talked for about 20 minutes. I had met him before but found out then that he was a representative for the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (A ... More >>

If a Media Stunt is Held in a Forest, Does Anyone Hear It?

Condolences to the Orange County Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 2076 and Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice. Together they organized a media stunt at noon today outside the Orange County Hall of Administration.Eligibility w ... More >>

County Slashing Social Services Amid Remodel Draws Fire

Hot off the presses -- do they still have presses? -- from Local 2076 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO in Anaheim:County workers and residents will rally Tuesday to express outrage at County officials' plans to slash Social Services at the time th ... More >>

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