LOS ANGELES — A union representing research and technical workers said it will strike Wednesday at 10 University of California campuses and 5 hospitals in a one-day walkout after contract negotiations failed. Some 10,000 members of University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America will take to picket lines statewide, spokesman Dan Russell said. UPTE members perform jobs including running clinical trials, assisting in laboratory tests, managing classroom technology and caring for research animals. The union and the University of California have been at odds since 2017 over issues including pay, healthcare premiums and retirement terms. The UC system includes 10 campuses, five medical centres and three national laboratories and has 190,000 faculty and staff and 238,000 students.

Source: National Post March 20, 2019 04:41 UTC