HR Update; May 30, 2008
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- AFSCME and University of California Return to Bargaining Table
- UC Retirement Readiness Education Programs
AFSCME and University of California Return to Bargaining Table
University of California officials and representatives of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union today (May 29) jointly announced that they will be returning to the bargaining table to continue negotiations for new labor contracts for the more than 20,000 UC patient care and service workers that AFSCME represents.
The State Mediation and Conciliation Service has recommended that the parties continue bargaining, and negotiations will resume at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, May 30 with the assistance of a neutral third-party mediator.
Accordingly, the union will not be striking UC medical centers and campuses on June 4 and 5 as previously announced.
Both UC and AFSCME are committed to bargaining in good faith, and hope to reach an agreement soon.
UC and AFSCME have been in negotiations for the last ten months for a new contract for more than 11,000 UC patient care technical employees, and for the last seven months for a new contract for 8,000 UC service employees.
The 20,000 patient care and service workers include a wide variety of jobs including, but not limited to, medical technologists who take x-rays, MRIs, and mammograms; respiratory therapists who operate breathing machines; medical assistants who clean wounds, bathe and turn patients to prevent infections and bed sores; cleaners who disinfect medical instruments and patient areas; custodians who clean the hospitals and campus dorms; and food service workers who provide cafeteria service to patients and students.
UC Retirement Readiness Education Programs
Are you ready for retirement? Are your ducks all in a row? Start to plan now-it’s never too early.
Please pass this on to your colleagues, circulate invitations, post the actual schedules, or otherwise re-broadcast these weekly reminders about our valuable (FREE) education programs for faculty and staff. Bring your lunch; your questions; your spouse/partner…
- UC Retirement Plan (UCRP)-UC’s Defined Benefit Plan
- “The Features of UCRP”
- Coming Again Soon
- Refer to these schedules for details and future workshops
- The Future of UCRP
- UC Reitrirement Savings Plan—the 403(b), 457(b) and DC Plans
- “Enrolling in Your UC Retirement Savings Program”
- June 10, Laurel Heights, LHts - 382, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
- June 12, SFGH, Carr Auditorium, 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
- “Determining Your Right Investment Strategy”
- June 10, Laurel Heights, LHts - 382, 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
- “Achieving a Sound Retirement”
- June 10, Laurel Heights, LHts - 382, 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- June 12, SFGH, Carr Auditorium, 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
- “Understand the How-to’s of Fidelity’s NetBenefits Website”
- June 12, SFGH, Carr Auditorium, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
- Refer to these schedules for details and future workshops
- Arrange to have these workshops for faculty/staff in your department
- Focus on Your Future!
Usually there can be at least one (or more) workshop(s) per week scheduled at various UCSF locations around town. For more details and listings for upcoming scheduled presentations, please refer to our Workshops and Presentations Schedules menus found at our local UCSF HR/Benefits website.
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