UPTE
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University Professional & Technical Employees is a member-led union of 28,000 workers at the University of California and community colleges.
REVERSE THE LAYOFFS! 🔄 Just weeks after 2,100 IT workers across UC joined our union, UCLA Digital & Technology Solutions laid off 27 workers, including 10 of our newly-represented members. UCLA leaders did not provide advance notice or alternatives to layoffs in the ways required by our contract.
STANDING TOGETHER: Healthcare, research, & technical professionals at UCSD Medical Center are standing together to secure differential pay that will increase retention & keep workers safe. When our workplaces have the staff we need to get the job done, our patients, research, & students thrive!
We’re scaling our movement for dignity at work. 🗣️ Go to upte.org/story to add your voice.
GREAT NEWS: After months of pressure, UC Berkeley added our new Floating Holiday—the one we won in our new contract—to CalTime. Tina did some tabling at Berkeley to inform staff about this new benefit. Contact us if you have any questions about how to use this time! upte.org/contact-us
⁉️ Why is UCSF moving key services like bone marrow treatments and interventional radiology from Children’s Hospital Oakland across the bay to San Francisco—creating dangerous barriers for immunocompromised children?
Concerned about ICE? Know your rights. ICE needs a valid judicial warrant to enter non-public areas of our facilities.
Growing stronger every day! A warm UPTE welcome to Community Health Outreach Professionals, Population Health Specialists, Sustainability Officers, and Trainers. The more of us, the stronger we are. #UnionStrong #UC #HealthcareWorkers #Healthcare
One year ago, UCSF took over Children’s Hospital Oakland. Since then, life-saving care has kept crossing the bay, pulled from Oakland and shipped to San Francisco. East Bay kids deserve care in their own community. RSVP to rally with us on July 9: upte.org/rsvp #ProtectPatientCare #SafeStaffing
Our union just got bigger! Welcome to UPTE, Application Programmers, Business Systems Analysts, Data Systems Analysts, Database Administrators, Information Systems Analysts, and Instructional Designers! We’re building worker power together. #UnionStrong #UC #TechUnion #TechWorkers
After 900+ petition signatures and mobilizing our community, we won back 17 jobs and added positions at San Diego’s only reproductive mental health clinic. 💪
✊ Taking back tech from the billionaires Read more here: www.techpolicy.press/we-just-form...
A. Philip Randolph spent his life proving this truth: no one hands workers their rights. We organize, mobilize, and win them together. His legacy lives on in every union member who shows up for their coworkers. That’s the work UPTE continues today. #UnionStrong #LaborHistory #UPTE #WorkersRights
Dolores Huerta knew the secret: real change doesn’t come from waiting. It comes from showing up and organizing. Don’t wait—get out and build a better world with us. #UnionStrong #UnionPower
🗳️California: Today is the FINAL day to vote in the primary election! Polls close at 8 pm. Drop off your vote-by-mail ballot at any vote center or drop box by 8 pm. Find locations at sos.ca.gov. Make your voice heard! #CAPrimary #CA #UnionStrong
Here’s what we’ve won by fighting together: ✅ 8%+ raises—largest in UPTE history ✅ $25/hr minimum wage ✅ Healthcare premium caps ✅ Up to 12 months of parental leave ✅ 30-day notice for remote/hybrid changes 25,000+ workers made this happen. #UnionStrong #UC #ResetUCPriorities
From the governor to city councils, they will fight for workers. Mail your ballot today—full list at the link in our bio! 2/2 #UnionStrong
One week left until California’s primary is Tuesday, June 2, 2026. Don’t wait. Our endorsed candidates share our values, and many have walked our picket lines. 1/2 #UnionStrong
A century later, the fight for workers to share in what they create is the same fight we wage today. #UnionStrong
tfw when 2,100 IT workers join the UPTE, creating the largest tech union in the country ✨
We’re proud to endorse Tom Steyer for governor. He’s committed to our mission of public healthcare, education, and research, taxing the wealthy and corporations their fair share, and achieving single-payer healthcare. We look forward to working with him. Vote by June 2!
We are proud to announce our endorsements for the California primary election on Tuesday, June 2, 2026! 🗳️ Our political committee spent months researching, interviewing, & debating to find candidates who share our values—& many have already shown up on our picket lines. Learn more with link in bio.
From Alzheimer’s to climate-resilient crops, science saves lives. UPTE researchers rallied in Sacramento for SB 895, a bipartisan bill creating a $23 billion bond to offset billions in federal research cuts. Learn more at upte.org/save-science #SaveScienceSaveLives
