On Tuesday, April 1, UPTE-CWA 9119 will begin a one-day strike against the UC’s unfair labor practices, joined by AFSCME 3299 in a solidarity strike.
We encourage all Teamsters members to join the AFSCME or UPTE picket line at your campus on your break or lunch time, or before or after your shift! UC workers win biggest when we stand in solidarity with each other, united against the UC’s unfairness.
Our rights during the strike
Working out of Classification: The work of other Union members remains their work during a strike. Teamsters should not be asked to perform work normally done by an AFSCME- or UPTE-represented employee when that employee is on strike. If you are asked to do work outside your job description, contact your Union Representative immediately.
Sick Days: Our Union contracts strictly limit when the employer may ask for a doctor’s note for a sick day. Your manager may not ask you to provide a doctor’s note to approve a request for sick time during the strike, except as permitted in our Union contract. If your manager does so, contact your Union Representative immediately.
Joining the picket line
We strongly encourage members to join their nearest picket line on break, lunch, or before or after your shift. If you would like to join or honor the picket line during your work time, you have an individual, constitutional right to do so, and can use PTO or unpaid time to support our UC Union siblings.
Unfortunately, per our contract with the UC, Teamsters Local 2010 legally cannot sympathy strike with AFSCME and UPTE. Every UC union, including Local 2010, is contractually prevented from holding sympathy strikes with our fellow Unions. AFSCME is able to conduct a solidarity strike as they are also in bargaining and have successfully filed unfair labor practice charges against the UC. We consider this restriction a suppression of our rights as workers and have been fighting in the state legislature to allow every public employee to join a sympathy strike and honor a picket line.
Thank you for supporting our fellow UC workers!