Furthermore, the university proposed to reduce employees’ retirement contribution by 2% to 7% to sweeten the deal. The labor union rejected the university’s offers.
“A disruptive demonstration will change neither UC’s economic situation nor the university’s position on AFSCME’s unreasonable demands,” said Doan.
She added that University of California is implementing a 2% increase after AFSCME 3299 rejected its offer. It “cannot justify to taxpayers such an excessive raise, no matter how much we appreciate our service workers. A strike will only hurt the union’s own members who will lose pay for joining this ill-advised three-day walkout, while negatively affecting services to patients and students.”
