AFSCME negotiations updates
Negotiations summary
- Bargaining began in January 2024
- Contracts expired on July 31, 2024 (EX) and October 31, 2024 (SX)
- UC and AFSCME finished the impasse process and are continuing to meet.
- A final fact-finding report was released Feb. 11.
- UC presented new offers to AFSCME on Feb. 11.
- April 2025: AFSCME Bargaining Recap
UC implements select terms of the LBFO, June 25, 2025
After 16 months of negotiating and bargaining in good faith with AFSCME, reaching an impasse and exhausting the impasse procedures, UC is implementing certain terms of its last, best, and final offer (LBFO) for the AFSCME SX and EX bargaining units.
For more information, see the links below.
Latest AFSCME news
- Jul. 1: Press Release: UC Raises AFSCME Members' Wages, Provides New Health Insurance Credits
- Apr. 30: Press Release: UC's Last, Best, Final Offer
- Apr. 30:
- Apr. 15: Statement on AFSCME-UPTE May 1 Strike Notice
- Apr. 1: April 1 AFSCME and UPTE Strike Statement
- Mar. 24: Statement on AFSCME and UPTE April 1 Strike
- Feb. 21: Statement on February AFSCME and UPTE Strike
- Feb. 12: Neutral Factfinder Overwhelmingly Favors UC Proposals To AFSCME
- Nov. 8: Statement on AFSCME Strike Notice
- Nov. 1: Statement on AFSCME Vote to Strike
- Nov. 1: Statement on Health Care Costs for AFSCME and UPTE Members
AFSCME represented units at UC
The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) union has two bargaining units representing 37,481 patient care technical and service employees.
The Patient Care Technical Unit (EX) is a systemwide bargaining unit of employees engaged primarily in rendering patient support services at UC’s Medical Centers and in fewer numbers on UC’s campuses.
The Service Unit (SX) is a systemwide bargaining unit of non-supervisory employees who provide vital custodial, transportation, and related support services.