University of California workers walk off job as part of May Day strike
NBC Bay Area
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Their'}, {'start': '21.680', 'end': '26.960', 'text': 'message to the university comes after'}, {'start': '23.680', 'end': '28.800', 'text': 'months of failed contract negotiations.'}, {'start': '26.960', 'end': '31.439', 'text': 'What do you want?'}, {'start': '28.800', 'end': '33.760', 'text': "When do you want them? Today's one-day"}, {'start': '31.439', 'end': '36.320', 'text': 'statewide strike included labor unions'}, {'start': '33.760', 'end': '38.480', 'text': 'representing UC service, patient care,'}, {'start': '36.320', 'end': '40.320', 'text': 'and health care workers. The unions'}, {'start': '38.480', 'end': '42.239', 'text': 'claimed the university broke the law'}, {'start': '40.320', 'end': '44.719', 'text': 'when they announced a hiring freeze and'}, {'start': '42.239', 'end': '48.079', 'text': 'cut benefits for some workers without'}, {'start': '44.719', 'end': '49.920', 'text': "notice or negotiation. We can't begin to"}, {'start': '48.079', 'end': '51.920', 'text': "fight for safe staffing that's good for"}, {'start': '49.920', 'end': '54.239', 'text': "patients and students. And we can't"}, {'start': '51.920', 'end': '57.360', 'text': 'begin to fight for affordable healthcare'}, {'start': '54.239', 'end': '58.800', 'text': "if UC isn't honoring the law. So, we"}, {'start': '57.360', 'end': '60.640', 'text': 'have to hold them accountable. Workers'}, {'start': '58.800', 'end': '62.800', 'text': "say they're already severely"}, {'start': '60.640', 'end': '65.519', 'text': "understaffed and argue it's affecting"}, {'start': '62.800', 'end': '67.760', 'text': 'patient care and student services. You'}, {'start': '65.519', 'end': '69.680', 'text': 'make more money when patient'}, {'start': '67.760', 'end': '72.000', 'text': 'satisfaction is up, employee'}, {'start': '69.680', 'end': '74.960', 'text': "satisfaction is up, everybody's happy."}, {'start': '72.000', 'end': '77.040', 'text': "We're well staffed and people get hurt"}, {'start': '74.960', 'end': '78.880', 'text': "less. The unions say they're also"}, {'start': '77.040', 'end': '82.080', 'text': 'fighting for affordable health care and'}, {'start': '78.880', 'end': '84.479', 'text': 'pay increases. Carlos Avila is a cook at'}, {'start': '82.080', 'end': '86.479', 'text': "Cal and he says he's had to take another"}, {'start': '84.479', 'end': '89.680', 'text': 'job just to make ends meet. you should'}, {'start': '86.479', 'end': '91.759', 'text': 'only have to work one job and the the'}, {'start': '89.680', 'end': '95.280', 'text': 'hiring freeze that UC has imposed on us'}, {'start': '91.759', 'end': '97.320', 'text': 'has made conditions unsafe and unfair to'}, {'start': '95.280', 'end': '101.119', 'text': 'the'}, {'start': '97.320', 'end': '103.680', 'text': 'students. Collectively, ASME and UPTE'}, {'start': '101.119', 'end': '105.680', 'text': 'represent around 60,000 workers'}, {'start': '103.680', 'end': '108.960', 'text': 'statewide, including many healthcare'}, {'start': '105.680', 'end': '111.119', 'text': 'workers at UCSF in San Francisco, who'}, {'start': '108.960', 'end': '113.520', 'text': "also hit the picket lines today. We've"}, {'start': '111.119', 'end': '115.360', 'text': 'been unable to recruit and retain um'}, {'start': '113.520', 'end': '117.520', 'text': 'aologists. who unable to recruit and'}, {'start': '115.360', 'end': '120.079', 'text': 'retain pharmacists, physician assistants'}, {'start': '117.520', 'end': '121.759', 'text': 'like myself, speech therapists and and'}, {'start': '120.079', 'end': '123.520', 'text': 'this turnover is leading to really poor'}, {'start': '121.759', 'end': '125.360', 'text': 'patient outcomes. The university claims'}, {'start': '123.520', 'end': '127.119', 'text': 'they have consistently negotiated in'}, {'start': '125.360', 'end': '128.520', 'text': 'good faith with the unions. They also'}, {'start': '127.119', 'end': '130.560', 'text': 'note that growing financial'}, {'start': '128.520', 'end': '132.879', 'text': 'uncertainties triggered the hiring'}, {'start': '130.560', 'end': '135.200', 'text': 'freeze, telling us they have recently'}, {'start': '132.879', 'end': '137.440', 'text': 'provided ASME with an updated offer with'}, {'start': '135.200', 'end': '139.200', 'text': 'increased wages. The union disputes'}, {'start': '137.440', 'end': '141.680', 'text': 'that, saying the latest offer still'}, {'start': '139.200', 'end': '143.520', 'text': 'represents a wage cut. The university in'}, {'start': '141.680', 'end': '145.760', 'text': 'a statement also notes these strikes'}, {'start': '143.520', 'end': '148.000', 'text': 'cost the system millions of dollars and'}, {'start': '145.760', 'end': '151.200', 'text': 'are harmful considering the economic and'}, {'start': '148.000', 'end': '154.000', 'text': 'fiscal uncertainty in higher education.'}, {'start': '151.200', 'end': '156.160', 'text': 'In Berkeley, Valina Jones, NBC Bay Area'}, {'start': '154.000', 'end': '156.160', 'text': 'News.'}]