“We fully support our employees’ right to demonstrate peacefully and respectfully — and to enlist speakers for their cause,” Doan said. “However, not everyone has all the facts about UPTE and AFSCME leaders demanding unreasonable and unrealistic raises that are far beyond those given to other UC employees. They have also refused to allow their members to vote on UC’s proposals, even though we’ve met dozens of times at the bargaining table.”

Source: Los Angeles Times March 20, 2019 22:07 UTC