Two unions representing nurses and physical therapists, social workers and dietitians went on strike in sympathy with members of AFSCME 3299 at the UC Davis hospital and campus in Sacramento, Calif., according to an article on the Sacramento Bee website.
The pickets have rallied throughout the University of California system. Combined, the three unions have about 10,000 members at UC Davis and 53,000 system-wide.
Greg Wine, vice president of the Davis chapter of UPTE, said he was fed up with pay inequities and a dearth of serious bargaining on the part of UC negotiators.
"We have been meeting at the bargaining table, all three unions," he said in the article, "and (UC) are not participating the way that we would like to. It's difficult for all of us to get dates together to meet at the bargaining table."
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