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California’s false choice on autonomous trucks
Gavin Newsom’s successor could put the state on autopilot to economic irrelevance.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/03/07/california-governor-autonomous-trucks-gavin-newsom/
March 7, 2026 at 5:24 p.m. ESTToday at 5:24 p.m. …EST
Autonomous driving technology on display at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. (Joe Buglewicz/AP)
Unions have made autonomous trucks a litmus test for Democratic contenders in the wide-open California governor’s race. Will anyone in the party have the courage to stand up to one of their biggest sources of campaign cash?
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California is a one-party state, and often the governor is most useful when standing up to his own team’s worst ideas. Outgoing Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) deserves credit for vetoing a Teamsters-backed bill in 2024that would have required a human driver for oversize vehicles.
While California is currently the only state that prohibits the testing of heavy-duty autonomous trucks on public roads, Newsom’s Department of Motor Vehicles is looking to loosen that ban.
Yet most of the Democrats seeking to succeed Newsom sound willing to give the unions what they want. Billionaire Tom Steyer and ex-congresswoman Katie Porter express support for measures to prohibit autonomous delivery without human drivers. So do former state controller Betty Yee and Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond.
“Until we have thoroughly tested all of this, we need a butt in the cab,” former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa told Politico. The president of California’s AFL-CIO said she anticipates Rep. Eric Swalwell and former health secretary Xavier Becerra will support labor’s position on autonomous vehicles.
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, Silicon Valley’s favorite, is the Democratic candidate most friendly toward emerging technology, including automated big rigs. He understands that big tech firms will flee the state and simply test and deploy technology in friendlier territory if California continues to deepen its hostility toward innovative companies.
Automated trucks promise to become safer, more efficient and less expensive, helping keep prices down for consumers. This is why companies such as Alphabet, Tesla, FedEx and Amazon, founded by Post owner Jeff Bezos, have invested in the technology.
When Newsom vetoed the 2024 bill, he noted that other states like Arizona, Nevada, Texas and Washington have authorized testing. In the name of trying to protect jobs, California’s unions would run them off.
Gavin Newsom’s successor could put the state on autopilot to economic irrelevance.
www.washingtonpost.comBlack Workers, Bullying, Privatization & SEIU 1021 With SF DPH Licensed Therapist Blue Williams
https://youtu.be/HyyfoWDhAH0
There is a history of systemic racism at the City and County of San Francisco for decades. Despite City hearings and the removal of the previous Human Resources …Director the systemic racism continues. SEIU 1021 SF DPH licensed therapist Blue Williams talks about what is going on to him and other workers at DPH and how this targeting of him and other Black workers is being allowed by SEIU 1021 officials. He also talks about the failureto provide proper care for Black and other patients and the effect of ICE which has terrorized many patients in
the community.
Despite the growing healthcare crisis the fight at Highland Hospital which also represents SEIU 1021 workers there has been no information to link up workers at both public hospitals and a united heathcare workers movement
to defend their jobs and the communities from massive cutbacks.
This interview was done on 3/4/26
Additional Media:
Terrorism Racism & Union Busting Against SEIU1021 SF General Hospital Workers By CCSF HR/DPH & Mayor
https://youtu.be/gUpZqFxFplI
STOP Discharges At Laguna Honda Hospital: Discharges = Deaths Say Labor, Community & Families
https://youtu.be/z1TL2yQv6IQ
WW 8-9-22 SF Laguna Honda Hospital Discharges & The Deaths With Pat McGinnis Of CANHR
https://soundcloud.com/workweek-radio/ww-8-9-22-sf-laguna-honda-hospital-discharges-the-deaths-with-pat-mcginnnis-canhr-8-9-22
WorkWeek 8-4-22 Fight To Save SF Laguna Honda & SEIU 1021 SF Tenderloin Housing Clinic Workers
https://soundcloud.com/workweek-radio/ww-8-4-22-fight-to-save-sf-laguna-honda-seiu-1021-sf-tenderloin-housing-clinic-workers
Patients' Families, Supporters Hold SF Rally to Keep Laguna Honda Hospital Open
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/san-francisco-rally-laguna-honda-hospital/2976789/
SF Laguna Honda Doctors And Whistleblowers Speaks Out At SF Health Commission Hearing
https://youtu.be/OgQfINEQSwo
SEIU 1021 SFGH Workers Speakout! Stop Racism, Union Busting & Privatization Of SFGH Pharmacy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1XzRrzB9ZI
SF City Dr. Kerr From SF Laguna Honda Hospital Discusses Bullying In The Workplace
https://youtu.be/_shGLuXU9uk
California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR)
http://www.canhr.org
Hundreds of SEIU 1021 SF Non-profit Tenderloin Housing Clinic Workers Strike For Living Wages
https://youtu.be/yCARCOMpFE0
EPIC, LEAN, SF General, Privatization & SEIU 1021 Contract Negotiations: Interview With John Wadsworth
https://youtu.be/eTRAzcbj-yo
Reign Of Terror Against SF SEIU 1021 DPH Members & Other City Workers: Speakout At SF Labor Council
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JN-f8HeN3w&t=7s
Racism, Outsourcing and Retaliation At SF Civil Service Commission With HR Director Micki Callahan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqNhPRQeHGk&t=34s
SEIU 1021, THC Boss Randy Shaw & Fired SEIU 1021 Shop Steward Nate Holmes Speaks Out
https://youtu.be/WcegGGYPHoQ
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www.youtube.comCapitalism & Class Struggle In Black Atlanta With Gus Wood
https://youtu.be/UgazGSzx1dE
he capitalist plan to destroy the power of Black workers in the South is illuminated in a new book by Professor Augustus Wood "Class Struggle In Black Atlanta. Wood is a professor at University… of Illinois in Urbana.
Wood talks about the growth of militant unionism in Atlanta with strikes that won victories and how the Atlanta was de-industrialized and sold off to capitalists around the world.
He reports on how the AFSCME striking public workers went on strike and were fired without any national campaign to defend their labor rights and how this defeat was used to further batter down the working class with gentrification and privatization of
public resources. The use of private public partnerships to destroy public workers and public services was part of this agenda according to Wood.
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www.labormedia.netCapitalism & Class Struggle In Black Atlanta With Gus Wood
https://youtu.be/UgazGSzx1dE
he capitalist plan to destroy the power of Black workers in the South is illuminated in a new book by Professor Augustus Wood "Class Struggle In Black Atlanta. Wood is a professor at University… of Illinois in Urbana.
Wood talks about the growth of militant unionism in Atlanta with strikes that won victories and how the Atlanta was de-industrialized and sold off to capitalists around the world.
He reports on how the AFSCME striking public workers went on strike and were fired without any national campaign to defend their labor rights and how this defeat was used to further batter down the working class with gentrification and privatization of
public resources. The use of private public partnerships to destroy public workers and public services was part of this agenda according to Wood.
Additional Media:
A disgrace before God: Striking black sanitation workers vs. black officialdom in 1977 Atlanta
https://libcom.org/article/disgrace-god-striking-black-sanitation-workers-vs-black-officialdom-1977-atlanta-jason
Atlanta Church's Chicken Strike of 1972
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youtu.beAlameda Health System layoffs deferred while county explores options A plan to slash 188 health care jobs at the East Bay’s safety net hospital would heavily impact mental health programs. County leaders hope to avoid this.
…https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/03/04/alameda-health-system-layoffs-deferred-county-supervisors
By Darwin BondGraham
March 4 2026 10:20 a.m.
Alameda County’s public hospital system, which includes the region’s main provider of mental health services and clinics serving thousands of low-income residents, has been spared layoffs — for now.
On Tuesday, the Alameda Health System and the county agreed to hold off on job cuts scheduled to take effect on March 9.
The plan would have included the closure of mental health programs at Highland Hospital and Fairmont Hospital, AHS’s ambulatory plastic surgery program, and Highland Hospital’s Complex Care Program, which provides care to patients with multiple, chronic illnesses, many of whom are homeless. Other closures would have included Fairmont Hospital’s Kitchen Retail program, which provides meals to staff and visitors, and Highland Hospital’s Tele-sitter program, which helps AHS staff remotely monitor patients’ wellbeing while they’re hospitalized.
The temporary pause buys the hospital system and the county time to try and figure out alternatives to layoffs, with the goal of minimizing impacts on health care services.
Supervisors Nate Miley and Nikki Fortunato Bas will lead the effort through an ad hoc committee of the supervisors, working with AHS, labor representatives, and other stakeholders.
“I’m greatly encouraged by the feedback we’ve received from the supervisors and the partnership we’ve experienced with the county,” said AHS CEO James Jackson at yesterday’s meeting.
“Alameda County patients and their families deserve a healthcare system that’s clean, safe, and well-staffed, a place where they can get the care they need and won’t go hungry when they visit,” Maria Betancourt, a specialist clerk at John George and the current AHS Chapter President for SEIU 1021 said in a statement. “It has been a long fight to get to this point, but this is a great step for our members and for healthcare in Alameda County. As the federal cuts approach, we will work with the Board and others to find every avenue to protect public healthcare and preserve jobs against these attacks.”
Jackson said the AHS trustees, the board that directly governs the hospital system, will meet Wednesday to further discuss delaying the layoffs and the plan to find savings.
Federal health care cuts to blame
The Alameda Health System is facing a massive drop in revenues because of H.R. 1, the “Big Beautiful Bill” passed by the Republican-controlled Congress last year.
That bill massively reduced funding for Medicaid, the insurance program that public hospitals like AHS heavily rely on. It imposed other cuts and requirements that amount to an unprecedented $1 trillion reduction in health care spending nationwide by the federal government.
“We should all keep in mind that the reason we’re all here is largely, exclusively because of H.R. 1,” Supervisor David Haubert said Tuesday.
Anticipating a $30 million drop in revenue this year and a $100 million budget hole in 2027, AHS leaders confirmed in December that they were looking at eliminating as many as 372 positions, including nurses, therapists, doctors, housekeeping staff, and other roles. In January, AHS published a plan scaling back the layoffs to about 188 positions. Hospital staff said at the time that even this level of cuts would significantly harm their ability to care for patients.
Exploring options to avoid staff reductions
On Feb. 25, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors signaled they were willing to work with AHS on solutions. At Tuesday’s meeting, the supervisors unanimously voted to identify alternative, non-patient-facing positions that could be cut to address the system’s budget shortfall.
Under the new plan, which wasn’t described in much detail, the county, county auditor, and AHS will examine behavioral health contract payments that could be reduced. Currently, the county and AHS have dozens of contracts with nonprofits to provide behavioral health services.
They also want to scrutinize AHS’s finances and potentially make adjustments to how AHS can borrow money from the county.
And county leaders said they will look into alternative service models with respect to the system’s intensive outpatient program, all with an eye toward saving money and avoiding staff layoffs.
The supervisors will hold another meeting on March 17 to report back.
A plan to slash health care jobs at Alameda County’s safety net hospital would impact mental health programs. Leaders hope to avoid this.
www.berkeleyside.orgTwenty-eight unionized NELP staffers — 80% of the staff union — have been laid off since mid-February-President and CEO Rebecca Dixon and COO Melissa Matos, should resign
…https://nelpstaffassociation.medium.com/stand-with-the-nelp-staff-association-against-union-busting-and-layoffs-4e2e6ba708bc
The NELP Staff Association, together with NOLSW/UAW Local 2320, has launched a letter campaign calling for accountability for the mass layoffs and union-busting that have devastated NELP’s staff and programs.
Twenty-eight unionized NELP staffers — 80% of the staff union — have been laid off since mid-February. NELP management chose to retain recently hired, non-union staff over long-tenured unionized staff. Today, NELP’s 20-person staff consists of 8 union positions and 12 management positions.
The mass layoffs have hollowed out a vital workers’ rights institution. NELP’s immigrant worker justice, worker center support, climate justice, fair chance employment, and health and safety programs are now gutted. It is unclear how NELP’s programmatic work can continue.
It didn’t have to be this way. Choices made by management and the board brought NELP to this financial crisis. We demand accountability for what has happened to NELP.
Please take a moment to send letters through actionnetwork.org to NELP’s board members and NELP’s executive team calling for the following:
(1) NELP’s executive team, led by President and CEO Rebecca Dixon and COO Melissa Matos, should resign or be removed from their positions immediately, and new interim leadership should be appointed by the board; and
(2) Thereafter, NELP’s board of directors — including Chair Raj Nayak and members Jennifer Epps, Rakeen Mabud, Elissa McBride, Amy Morris, Matt Morrison, Yona Rozen, and Amy Sugimori — should themselves step down for their role in allowing NELP to be led into an existential crisis under their watch.
Please go to the Action Network page and send letters from there.
Thank you.
Best,
Karín Umfrey
(she/ella)
Managing Attorney & Policy Advocacy Director, Worksafe
Take Action Against Union-Busting and Layoffs at NELP
NELP Staff Union
Support the NELP Staff Association in demanding accountability
The NELP Staff Association, together with NOLSW/UAW Local 2320, has launched a letter campaign calling for accountability for the mass layoffs and union-busting that have devastated NELP’s staff and programs.
Twenty-eight unionized NELP staffers — 80% of the staff union — have been laid off since mid-February. NELP management chose to retain recently hired, non-union staff over long-tenured unionized staff. Today, NELP’s 20-person staff consists of 8 union positions and 12 management positions.
The mass layoffs have hollowed out a vital workers’ rights institution. NELP’s immigrant worker justice, worker center support, climate justice, fair chance employment, and health and safety programs are now gutted. It is unclear how NELP’s programmatic work can continue.
It didn’t have to be this way. Choices made by management and the board brought NELP to this financial crisis. We demand accountability for what has happened to NELP.
Please take a moment to send letters through actionnetwork.org to NELP’s board members and NELP’s executive team calling for the following:
(1) NELP’s executive team, led by President and CEO Rebecca Dixon and COO Melissa Matos, should resign or be removed from their positions immediately, and new interim leadership should be appointed by the board; and
(2) Thereafter, NELP’s board of directors — including Chair Raj Nayak and members Jennifer Epps, Rakeen Mabud, Elissa McBride, Amy Morris, Matt Morrison, Yona Rozen, and Amy Sugimori — should themselves step down for their role in allowing NELP to be led into an existential crisis under their watch.
Go to the Action Network page and send letters from here: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/nelpunion?source=direct_link&
Thank you for your support!
Support the NELP Staff Association in demanding accountability
nelpstaffassociation.medium.comSacking of HK teacher for anti-police remarks reasonable, appeal court rules
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3345753/sacking-teacher-anti-police-remarks-reasonable-appeal-court-rules?module=top_story&pgtype=section
Secretary for the civil service was entitled …to sack 27-year veteran Toffee Tam and strip her of all retirement benefits, Court of Appeal says
Brian Wong
Published: 7:45pm, 6 Mar 2026Updated: 9:37pm, 6 Mar 2026
The Hong Kong government has won an appeal against a court ruling that found a veteran teacher’s dismissal for anti-police remarks was unlawful.
The Court of Appeal on Friday ruled that the secretary for the civil service was entitled to sack 27-year veteran Toffee Tam Yuk-fun and strip her of all retirement benefits for serious misconduct during the 2019 anti-government protests.
Tam, who taught at the Jockey Club Government Secondary School in Kowloon Tong, previously won a judicial review over the punishment she received for insulting police officers and their families in eight “highly improper” posts on social media between June and September 2019.
The posts contained taunts suggesting officers’ wives would sleep with other men while they worked overtime handling the protests, while their children should be proud of their parents instead of fearing being bullied in school.
Tam also wrote in two comments that “rogue cops” and their families should die.
Mr Justice Russell Coleman of the Court of First Instance found that the penalty, taking into account Tam’s “unblemished conduct” in the 25 years leading up to the misconduct, was so harsh and oppressive that “its imposition must have involved some error of law”.
Justice Jeremy Poon Shiu-chor, giving the reasons on behalf of the three appeal court judges, said dismissal was within the reasonable range of penalties that could be imposed in the case given the gravity of the misconduct and the public interest involved.
“The decision carries with it the clear and loud message that civil servants and teachers are expected to fully and strictly follow the codes [of conduct] and any failure to do so will be met with serious consequences commensurate with the misconduct,” said Poon, chief judge of the High Court.
Toffee Tam had been a teacher at the Jockey Club Government Secondary School in Kowloon Tong. Photo: Handout
The justices found the lower court erred in assuming the role of the secretary, who was in the best position to make the call as the disciplinary authority.
Poon also said the secretary had reasons to believe the applicant was not genuinely remorseful, noting that she had only expressed regret for the costs and inconvenience occasioned by the disciplinary process without reflecting on her offensive remarks.
The appellate court ordered Tam to bear the legal expenses incurred by the secretary for justice in the proceedings.
Tam, who is divorced with no children, was 54 at the time of her dismissal in July 2023 and would have reached the normal retirement age in about four years.
Civil service minister Ingrid Yeung Ho Poi-yan adopted recommendations made by the secretariat on civil service discipline to fire Tam and forfeit all her retirement entitlements, as well as leave and emoluments earned during her suspension.
After publication of the offensive posts, Tam came under attack by a Beijing loyalist newspaper, which accused her of fostering hatred towards police with “vicious” and “vengeful” remarks about officers and their families.
Her lawyers said she became “heavily traumatised by the continuous acts of doxxing against her” since her personal views were made known to the public.
Twin Rivers teachers go on historic strike in Sacramento County, schools to stay open
https://www.kcra.com/article/twin-rivers-teachers-prepare-for-historic-strike-in-sacramento-county-schools-to-stay-open/70614389
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Andres Valle
Erin Heft
Reporter
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
Educators in the Twin Rivers Unified School District went on strike Thursday, a walkout that is the first in the Sacramento County district’s two-decade history.
The strike began Thursday morning and will continue until a deal is reached. It's not clear how long that will last.
Teacher's strike.jpegTwin Rivers, Natomas strike plans are tied to a larger statewide push
The district says schools will remain open during the strike and that it is offering incentive pay for substitute teachers in an effort to keep classrooms staffed. The district has said its “top priority is making sure every student has a safe, supportive, and structured school day.”
Some parents said they planned to keep their children home.
“We’re staying home. We’re not crossing picket lines,” said Mariya Kalina Fisher, a Twin Rivers parent whose children attend Hillsdale Elementary School.
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Fisher said families would bear the burden of the disruption.
“It’s the families who are going to have to sacrifice because their children are not getting the kinds of education that they need,” she said.
The Twin Rivers teachers' union is seeking higher pay to stay competitive with neighboring districts, fully covered health care benefits, and smaller class sizes. Union leaders say those issues have contributed to staffing shortages and difficulty retaining educators.
“We started the year with over 100 vacancies. We currently have 83 right now,” said Brittoni Ward, president of the Twin Rivers United Educators. “That’s essentially 2,000 students who do not have an educator. So that’s a problem. That’s a real crisis.”
Ward added that the union believes the district has the resources to address it and that 14 months of "stalled negotiations" had led to the strike.
"We want a fair contract that fully staffs our schools and fully funds them for our students, and the district has not been bargaining in good faith," she said. "Enough is enough."
More than 1,000 educators rallied outside district offices, where the crowd heard from other union leaders from Sacramento, San Francisco, the state and National Education Association. The national leader calls it a national crisis.
"They are not alone and that this fight, while they're fighting this fight here, this is a fight that is around the country. And they are inspiring others," said Princess Moss.
A fourth-grader also showed up to show her support.
"Thank you for fighting for us. Your students love you, and we support you. We can't.
Wait. We can't wait. We can't wait," said Vanessa Perez.
District officials have pushed back, telling families in a letter that the union’s proposals are not supported by the district’s financial outlook and warning that committing beyond its budget could lead to layoffs.
“A raise that leads to layoffs is not a raise,” the district wrote. “It is a trade, your neighbor’s job for your pay increase. And when the layoffs come, it is the students who lose.”
In preparation for the strike, school board trustees last month approved hiring substitutes to replace striking teachers, with the district offering up to $600 per day. Fisher criticized the incentive pay, saying, “I think it’s icky and I think it’s weird to raise it for substitute teachers, but not the teachers that are here day in and day out who know these children.”
Parents said they are hoping negotiations produce a quick resolution.
“They might be home Friday. I don’t know that we can roll this into next week,” Fisher said. “So we’re really just hoping that these negotiations take place, that teachers are satisfied with the outcomes, and that we can get back to, you know, life as usual.”
The district did not immediately respond to questions about how many substitute teachers it has on staff and whether a separate proposed strike next week in the Natomas Unified School District could affect substitute availability.
“It’s the families who are going to have to sacrifice because their children are not getting the kinds of education that they need.”
www.kcra.comUCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood Protested by UCSF UPTE Workers For Lack Of Safety On The Job
https://youtu.be/qfiTNTgjh1E
Hundreds of UPTE CWA UCSF healthcare workers rallied on March 5, 2026 at the Mission Bay campus to protest the continuing health and safety crisis after the murder of UPTE …UCSF social worker clinician Alberto Rangel at San Francisco General Ward 86.
Workers reported that they are still fearful of going to work because of safety concerns. According to workers and the union, the UCSF chancellor Sam Hawgood refuses to even meet with the union and workers about the continuing health and safety
problems at SF General Ward 86 and other locations in the City. UTPE social worker clinician Allejandro Alvarez spoke at the rally about his effort to help Rangel after the attack and his continued stress and trauma as a result of this incident. He also reported that workers in the incident are having to fight for treatment from UCSF and can only use their workers comp which is inadequate. UCSF chancellor Hawgood makes over $1 million a. year and UC executives regularly receive massive bonuses approved by the UC Regents who including Governor Gavin Newsom and other ex-officio Democratic officials.
UCSF and Hawgood have also ordered UCSF workers not to talk about the issues of health and safety since they say there are legal proceedings. This is an unfair labor practice and illegal under Federal laws which protect health and safety whistleblowers. No unfair labor practice charges have been filed
against UC for their illegal threats to silence workers.
The unions also demanded that there be parity wages between the UC social workers at the hospitals and at community centers where they are paid less. The UPTE leadership had dropped the demand for parity wages for UPTE clinician social workers in the last contract negotiations and this two tier system is angering UPTE members. UPTE social worker clinicians are also in greater danger because of threats and attacks yet they are paid less than UPTE clinicians in UC hospitals who don't face the
same dangers.
At the same time the growing healthcare crisis and cutbacks in Medicaid and the ending of subsidies of ACA is already affecting patients at UCSF and other healthcare facilities.
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Murder At SFGH: UCSF UPTE CWA Workers & Supporters Rally After UPTE CWA Member Alberto Rangel Is Killed
https://youtu.be/1JpEMgHUZSk
UPTE CWA Safety Survey At UCSF
https://upte.org/ucsfsurvey
SF health workers say they fear hospital stabbing ‘can happen … to any of us’
https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/public-health/alberto-rangel-stabbing-sfgh-hospital-safety/article_4d983a55-690a-4d5f-9786-e01cfeb9418d.html
SF Gen Hospital Workers Fed Up With Short Staffing Threaten Patient Safety
https://youtu.be/2-mA-9oVb-M
UC Bosses & Regents Attacking Workers & Destroying UC Healthcare System Threatening Patients & Lives
https://youtu.be/0FIx-0fYTKc
Stop The Attacks! SEIU 1021 Members Speak Out At CCSF Civil Service Commission On Retaliation & Discrimination
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMZJlCt–t0&t=6s
C UPTE & AFSCME 3299 Workers Strike At UC Mission Bay & Want Living Wages & An End To Union Busting
https://youtu.be/WaYOuTX1Os8
UCSF AFSCME 3299 & UPTE Workers Strike For Living Wages & Workers Also Speak Out On Palestine & UC
https://youtu.be/RGrFpEfjB5A
The UC Strike & Palestine: Calling Out UC CWA UPTE Bureaucrats Attack On Democracy Over Palestine
https://youtu.be/1SGPYIT38wI
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www.labormedia.netUPTE UCSF Workers & Supporters Angry About Death Of UPTE Clinician Alberto Rangel & Safety Issues
https://youtu.be/zO7nw4tHAAQ
UPTE CWA UCSF Workers and supporters spoke out on 3/5/26 about the continuing health and safety problems for social worker clinicians. They are also angry… that even after the death of UPTE CWA UCSF Alberto Rangel at SF General Ward 86 many of the safety problems still exist and the UCSF chancellor Sam Hawgood refuses to meet with the union or workers. They were rallying at the UCSF Mission Bay campus and after the action they went to the offices of the chancellor to try to get an appointment. They also raised the fact that there is a two tier for the wages of social workers at UCSF. In the last UPTE contract the demand for equal wages for equal work were dropped by the union negotiating committee from the contract demands which allowed this two tier system to continue.
Additional Media:
Murder At SFGH: UCSF UPTE CWA Workers & Supporters Rally After UPTE CWA Member Alberto Rangel Is Killed
https://youtu.be/1JpEMgHUZSk
UPTE CWA Safety Survey At UCSF
https://upte.org/ucsfsurvey
SF health workers say they fear hospital stabbing ‘can happen … to any of us’
https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/public-health/alberto-rangel-stabbing-sfgh-hospital-safety/article_4d983a55-690a-4d5f-9786-e01cfeb9418d.html
SF Gen Hospital Workers Fed Up With Short Staffing Threaten Patient Safety
https://youtu.be/2-mA-9oVb-M
UC Bosses & Regents Attacking Workers & Destroying UC Healthcare System Threatening Patients & Lives
https://youtu.be/0FIx-0fYTKc
Stop The Attacks! SEIU 1021 Members Speak Out At CCSF Civil Service Commission On Retaliation & Discrimination
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMZJlCt–t0&t=6s
C UPTE & AFSCME 3299 Workers Strike At UC Mission Bay & Want Living Wages & An End To Union Busting
https://youtu.be/WaYOuTX1Os8
UCSF AFSCME 3299 & UPTE Workers Strike For Living Wages & Workers Also Speak Out On Palestine & UC
https://youtu.be/RGrFpEfjB5A
The UC Strike & Palestine: Calling Out UC CWA UPTE Bureaucrats Attack On Democracy Over Palestine
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www.labormedia.netUPTE CWA Social Workers Speak Out At UCSF Mission Bay Campus For Safety On The Job & Equal Pay For Equal Work
https://youtu.be/XWzV75CbkT0
UPTE CWA UCSF social workers rallied on 3/5/26 with hundreds of members at UCSF Mission Bay campus
to protest the murder of a member Alberto …Rangel at San Francisco General, the lack of health and safety
and also the fight for equal wages with other social workers.
Two of the social workers who worked on Ward 86 at San Francisco General Hospital also talked about the
incident and the refusal of the UCSF management to rectify their conditions and health problems directly
as a result of the murder of a colleague.
They reported that the Chancellor of UCSF Sam Hawgood who makes $1.2 million continues to refuse to
even meet with the union and workers to the incident and what UCSF management is planning to do about it.
UCSF bosses also issued a statement warning that no UCSF worker can speak publicly about the health and
safety condition because there were legal cases pending.
The attempt to silence workers about health and safety problems is an unfair labor practice snd a violation of
Federal labor law.
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Murder At SFGH: UCSF UPTE CWA Workers & Supporters Rally After UPTE CWA Member Alberto Rangel Is Killed
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Stop The Attacks! SEIU 1021 Members Speak Out At CCSF Civil Service Commission On Retaliation & Discrimination
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www.labormedia.netUCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood Protested by UCSF UPTE Workers For Lack Of Safety On The Job
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Hundreds of UPTE CWA UCSF healthcare workers rallied on March 5, 2026 at the Mission Bay campus to protest the continuing health and safety crisis after the murder of UPTE …UCSF social worker clinician Alberto Rangel at San Francisco General Ward 86.
Workers reported that they are still fearful of going to work because of safety concerns. According to workers and the union, the UCSF chancellor Sam Hawgood refuses to even meet with the union and workers about the continuing health and safety
problems at SF General Ward 86 and other locations in the City. UTPE social worker clinician Allejandro Alvarez spoke at the rally about his effort to help Rangel after the attack and his continued stress and trauma as a result of this incident. He also reported that workers in the incident are having to fight for treatment from UCSF and can only use their workers comp which is inadequate. UCSF chancellor
Hawgood makes over $1 million a. year and UC executives regularly receive massive bonuses approved by the UC Regents who including Governor Gavin Newsom and other ex-officio Democratic officials.
UCSF and Hawgood have also ordered UCSF workers not to talk about the issues of health and safety since they say there are legal proceedings. This is an unfair labor practice and illegal under Federal laws which protect health and safety whistleblowers. No unfair labor practice charges have been filed against UC for their illegal threats to silence workers.
The unions also demanded that there be parity wages between the UC social workers at the hospitals and at community centers where they are paid less. The UPTE leadership had dropped the demand for parity wages for UPTE clinician social workers in the last contract negotiations and this two tier system is angering UPTE members. UPTE social worker clinicians are also in greater danger because of threats and attacks yet they are paid less than UPTE clinicians in UC hospitals who don't face the same dangers.
At the same time the growing healthcare crisis and cutbacks in Medicaid and the ending of subsidies of ACA is already affecting patients at UCSF and other healthcare facilities.
Additional Media:
Murder At SFGH: UCSF UPTE CWA Workers & Supporters Rally After UPTE CWA Member Alberto Rangel Is Killed
https://youtu.be/1JpEMgHUZSk
UPTE CWA Safety Survey At UCSF
https://upte.org/ucsfsurvey
SF health workers say they fear hospital stabbing ‘can happen … to any of us’
https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/public-health/alberto-rangel-stabbing-sfgh-hospital-safety/article_4d983a55-690a-4d5f-9786-e01cfeb9418d.html
SF Gen Hospital Workers Fed Up With Short Staffing Threaten Patient Safety
https://youtu.be/2-mA-9oVb-M
UC Bosses & Regents Attacking Workers & Destroying UC Healthcare System Threatening Patients & Lives
https://youtu.be/0FIx-0fYTKc
Stop The Attacks! SEIU 1021 Members Speak Out At CCSF Civil Service Commission On Retaliation & Discrimination
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMZJlCt–t0&t=6s
C UPTE & AFSCME 3299 Workers Strike At UC Mission Bay & Want Living Wages & An End To Union Busting
https://youtu.be/WaYOuTX1Os8
UCSF AFSCME 3299 & UPTE Workers Strike For Living Wages & Workers Also Speak Out On Palestine & UC
https://youtu.be/RGrFpEfjB5A
The UC Strike & Palestine: Calling Out UC CWA UPTE Bureaucrats Attack On Democracy Over Palestine
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UPTE CWA UCSF Workers and supporters spoke out on 3/5/26 about the continuing health and safety problems for social worker clinicians. They are also angry… that even after the death of UPTE CWA UCSF Alberto Rangel at SF General Ward 86 many of the safety problems still exist and the UCSF chancellor Sam Hawgood refuses to meet with the union or workers. They were rallying at the UCSF Mission Bay campus and after the action they went to the offices of the chancellor to try to get an appointment. They also raised the fact that there is a two tier for the wages of social workers at UCSF. In the last UPTE contract the demand for equal wages for equal work were dropped by the union negotiating committee from the contract demands which allowed this two tier system to continue.
Additional Media:
Murder At SFGH: UCSF UPTE CWA Workers & Supporters Rally After UPTE CWA Member Alberto Rangel Is Killed
https://youtu.be/1JpEMgHUZSk
UPTE CWA Safety Survey At UCSF
https://upte.org/ucsfsurvey
SF health workers say they fear hospital stabbing ‘can happen … to any of us’
https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/public-health/alberto-rangel-stabbing-sfgh-hospital-safety/article_4d983a55-690a-4d5f-9786-e01cfeb9418d.html
SF Gen Hospital Workers Fed Up With Short Staffing Threaten Patient Safety
https://youtu.be/2-mA-9oVb-M
UC Bosses & Regents Attacking Workers & Destroying UC Healthcare System Threatening Patients & Lives
https://youtu.be/0FIx-0fYTKc
Stop The Attacks! SEIU 1021 Members Speak Out At CCSF Civil Service Commission On Retaliation & Discrimination
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMZJlCt–t0&t=6s
C UPTE & AFSCME 3299 Workers Strike At UC Mission Bay & Want Living Wages & An End To Union Busting
https://youtu.be/WaYOuTX1Os8
UCSF AFSCME 3299 & UPTE Workers Strike For Living Wages & Workers Also Speak Out On Palestine & UC
https://youtu.be/RGrFpEfjB5A
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