Dear Members of the UCSF Community:
Yesterday, we were challenged with the third labor action in six months. The disruptions caused by these strikes are significant and affect the entire UCSF community – faculty, staff, trainees, students, visitors, and especially our patients.
Together, the striking units represented approximately 7400 employees across UCSF, including UCSF Health hospitals and campus, as well as employees at UCSF’s partner Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG).
Once more, UCSF Health rescheduled hundreds of patient appointments, including selected surgeries. For those patients who remained in our hospitals or received outpatient services, it continues to be disconcerting that they are forced to reschedule appointments or maneuver through picket lines in order to receive the excellent care that our clinicians and staff provide.
As before, we extend our gratitude to each of you who came to work and to every person who planned and helped UCSF through this trying time. We are appreciative of the volunteers and replacement workers who enabled UCSF to continue providing services and the professionalism of those who chose to participate in the labor action.
No matter your individual opinion about strikes, everyone in the UCSF family is bonded by our UCSF PRIDE Values: professionalism, respect, integrity, diversity, and excellence and our shared mission of advancing health worldwide.
The work involved in ensuring the safety and security of the entire UCSF community, especially over repeated labor actions, can create very real tensions among colleagues. As we come together today and beyond in fulfillment of UCSF's...
Dear UCSF Community,
We have received a strike notice from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) union for its Service and Patient Care Technical Units (SX and EX).
The University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE) union announced that its three units will strike in sympathy; this includes the Health Care Professionals, Research Support Professionals, and Technical Units (HX, RX, and TX).
The labor action will begin Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 12:00 a.m. and end at 11:59 p.m. You can find updates on the In the Know website throughout the strike.
As we have stated in advance of previous strikes, we respect our employees’ rights to representation and freedom of speech. That said, striking is a serious matter, especially when it directly affects vital public services such as patient care.
Labor actions make a significant impact on the lives of our patients and their families. During last month’s strike, more than 800 appointments, including cancer infusion treatments, were rescheduled. Selected surgeries also were rescheduled. In addition, strikes create very real tensions among colleagues.
Once again, we expect disruptions to services across UCSF, including UCSF Health and the UCSF Dental Center, as well as those performed by UCSF employees at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center.
As always, our top priorities are the safety and security of the entire UCSF community – faculty, staff, learners, patients, and visitors. To support our work and minimize the impact of the strike, we have refined contingency plans based on our recent experience. The UC Office of the President is...