Concerned about the quality of patient care and fair treatment on the job, University of California Patient Care Technical Workers -- members of AFSCME Local 3299 --overwhelmingly voted this week to go on strike.
The UC Medical System makes hundreds of millions of dollars in profits every year. Executive pay there has increased $100 million since 2009. As the salaries and oversized entitlements of UC executives have skyrocketed, patient care has increasingly been shortchanged.
Now members of AFSCME Local 3299 are standing up for their patients and demanding that the UC Medical System stop prioritizing profit over quality patient care.
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