Social workers like Tia still carry caseloads in the hundreds after our colleague’s killing. We have your back—we’re meeting with Chancellor Hawgood to fight for safe staffing. #UCSF #UC #SF #WorkplaceSafety

More than 100 healthcare workers rallied outside UCI Medical Center today to oppose layoffs of valued colleagues. We demand a UC health system that puts patients over profit. #StopTheLayoffs #UCIHealth

UCI Health is laying off 150 UPTE workers—rehab therapists, chaplains, & quality specialists—when patients need care most. Join us Thurs. 3/26 at noon at UCI Health—Orange to hear from laid-off workers & learn how we’re fighting back. RSVP: upte.org/rsvp #UCI #UCIrvine

After the murder of our colleague, UCSF social workers urgently need safe staffing levels. We spoke up at the UC Board of Regents: why has everyone met with us except for UC’s leadership? Where is the action we need? We must end the recruitment and retention crisis for social workers. #UCSF #UC #1u

No one should fear for their life at work. After a violent incident of this magnitude, UCSF must make meaningful changes, not ask staff to carry on as if nothing happened. We’re calling for action. #UCSF #UC #SF #WorkplaceSafety Learn more: upte.org/demands

UCSF needs to know what frontline social workers have known for too long: UCSF social workers don’t feel safe on the job, and our survey proves it. We demand more protection, and our survey shows why. We won’t stop until every worker is safe. #UCSF #UC #SF #WorkplaceSafety

We didn’t wait. We marched straight to the UCSF Chancellor’s office with safety demands after a colleague’s killing. That is the collective action of frontline social workers. That is what solidarity looks like. #UCSF #UC #SF #WorkplaceSafety

Let’s call it what it is: There is rampant harassment and assault against UCSF frontline social workers. We are fighting back & demanding real change. Our members’ safety is non-negotiable. Enough is enough. UC must act now. #UPTE #UCSFWorkers #SocialWork

⁉️Where is @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social? Two months after UPTE member and UCSF social worker Alberto Rangel was stabbed and killed, UCSF social workers and UPTE members rallied at Mission Bay to demand common-sense safety measures to protect workers from violence. #UCSF #UC #SF #WorkplaceSafety

Matias Campos, a UCSF clinical pharmacist and the UPTE executive vice president: “We have been screaming from the rooftops about this issue for years. No one took us seriously.” Join us at 12 pm on Thursday, March 5, at UCSF Mission Bay to tell UC: Safety can’t wait. RSVP here: upte.org/rsvp #UCSF

Thurs, March 5, @ 12 pm: Rally for workplace safety at UCSF Health. Join UPTE at UCSF Medical Center, Mission Bay—1975 4th St, SF, CA 94158. Safe staffing, security, and non-retaliatory reporting. Patients & workers deserve better. RSVP: upte.org/rsvp #UCSF #UCSanFrancisco #UC #ResetUCPriorities

I couldn't be more proud and grateful of my union @uptecwa.bsky.social and how we've done what we can, gained layoff protections, increases in pay, etc. I see how USC researchers have to fare right now, it's not easy.

None of this happens automatically. It happens because workers organize, join unions, & stick together through bargaining, strikes, and tough choices. It happens because people decide that their jobs are not just titles & positions, but part of a broader public mission worth defending. #UnionStrong

“So if you’re thinking about joining a union, or wondering whether to get more involved in the one you already have, we’re here to say: do it. The lives of tens of thousands of UC workers just got better because they did, and they’ll all have your back.” #UC #ResetUCPriorities #UnionStrong

Over the last year, we brought more than 4,000 workers back into UPTE after UC had excluded their titles from representation for years. As we move forward in 2026, we will continue organizing in our workplaces for safety protocols, safe staffing, fair pay, and more. #Union #UC

Good campaign launch event. @cd13.lacity.gov Thanks for speaking about the power of unions and union organizing. Thank you for coming out to support us during our contract fight last year @uptecwa.bsky.social against UC.

UC-AFT lecturers are kicking off contract bargaining on February 19. At Berkeley, Unit 18 lecturers can show their support at Bauer Wurster Hall throughout the day, and everyone can stop by California Hall for a solidarity bake sale 10:30a-2:00p! ✊🥧 @ucaft.bsky.social

Justice for Alex Pretti, Renée Good, Keith Porter Jr., and all harmed by ICE. UPTE stands in solidarity and demands an end to the raids and building a society free from fear. #Minneapolis #Solidarity

Can't stop this growth. Or this STRENGTH. 💪 Welcome to our union, construction inspectors 2 - 5, IT architects 3 - 5, information technology security analysts 1 - 5, and clinical applications professionals 4 - 5!

We're growing in numbers and power. 💪 Welcome clinical informatics specialists 1 - 5, athletic trainers 1 - 4, and sports medicine athletic trainers 2 - 4!

“We’re being told they did everything they could, that the sheriff saved the day, when the way we see it is like we showed up for ourselves. We kept our other patients and colleagues safe.” In the wake of the loss of our social worker colleague & union sibling, we demand real change. #UCSF #SFGH #SF

"In 2025 we fought and we won. I look forward to fighting together and winning with all of you in 2026 and beyond." Learn more about our incredible wins this year: upte.org/topstory

“Workers have raised the same issues for years—and we’re done waiting.” After an UPTE member was killed at UCSF Ward 86, we demand a written safety plan, staffing/caseload minimums, protected time off, trauma support, and transparency: upte.org/demands #UCSF #SFGH #SF #1u

“Patient care and staff safety are one and the same.” After an UPTE member was killed at San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center’s UCSF Ward 86, we’re demanding ongoing workplace-violence prevention with real transparency—read the full demands: upte.org/demands #UCSF #UC #SFGH #ZSFG

"According to union leaders, health care workers are five times more likely to be affected by a violent incident at work." In the wake of the loss of our social worker colleague and union sibling, we are demanding real change. Read our list of demands: upte.org/demands

From SF Supervisor Shamann Walton: “It shouldn’t take a tragedy like this to come together on solutions so it never happens again.” Thank you for standing with UPTE members and UCSF social workers. At SF General, leaders pledged action. See our demands here: upte.org/demands #UCSF #SFGH #UC

UPTE members have been raising the alarm about safety concerns in the workplace for years. Now, in the wake of the loss of our social worker colleague and union sibling, we are demanding real change—for the sake of both workers and patients. Read our list of demands at upte.org/demands

“If we have a suicidal patient that requires one-to-one staffing, our management says that this decreases productivity—and then denies the request for more staff.” After an UPTE member was killed at UCSF’s Ward 86, we demand a safety plan now. Read our demands here: upte.org/demands #UCSF #SFGH #UC

"Alberto went to work doing what he does best, to serve and care for the city's most vulnerable. This event which led to his loss was tragic, devastating and completely avoidable." - Supervisor Jackie Fielder We continue to demand change so that this never happens again: upte.org/demands

“Honoring my colleague means more than words—it means changing the system that failed him so no one else pays the price.” After an UPTE member was killed at UCSF’s Ward 86, we demand a safety plan now, staffing/caseload limits, protected PTO, trauma support, & transparency. upte.org/demands #UCSF

We join CA State Senator @scottwiener.bsky.social in declaring that this cannot happen again. We honor the memory of our colleague and union sibling by demanding change. Learn more at upte.org/demands

Nurses gathered last night with community members and our UPTE-CWA union siblings to mourn the tragic murder of Alberto Rangel at ZSFG and demand what we’ve always needed: #WorkplaceViolenceProtections

Last night, we hosted a vigil to honor our colleague and union sibling, who was lost tragically to violence in our workplace. The best way to honor his memory is to make sure this never happens again. Read our demands at upte.org/demands.

We rallied at UCLA today to demand the reinstatement of Claudia Alli, Field Safety Specialist, whose work means safety and support to researchers in the field. Researchers say it's frightening to go about their work without her. Safety can't wait. Bring back Claudia!

“This is not something new that our union has been calling for or demanding for. We have been doing that for years — advocating for stronger safety measures, adequate safe staffing and case ratios, and protections for social workers.”

The best way we can honor our lost colleague is to call for immediate, meaningful steps to ensure a tragedy like this never occurs again. That's why we are demanding stronger safety measures, proper staffing, and a seat at the table on systemwide changes. www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/s...

Thursday, December 11, 5 – 6 pm: After the horrific loss of our social worker colleague, we’re coming together with community and leaders to demand real safety, proper staffing, and a voice in systemwide changes. RSVP: upte.org/sfgh #UCSF #ZSFG #SFGH #SF

We owe our colleague and friend more than grief. We owe them change, and will fight for it with everything we have. Please read our statement from UPTE President Dan Russell on the tragic passing of a UCSF social worker and UPTE-CWA 9119 member. #UCSF #SF #SocialWorker #WorkplaceSafety

Yahoo! Congrats to our @uptecwa.bsky.social colleagues! And thank you for showing all UC workers how to fight and win!

We spent seventeen months at the bargaining table and years of organizing on the ground before that, all with one goal: to reset UC’s priorities so they better serve all Californians. By a 98 percent “yes” vote, we have officially ratified our new contract—and its terms take effect immediately. #UC

Congrats to the 21,000 @uptecwa.bsky.social health care, research and technical workers at the University of California on voting to ratify their new contract! After 17 months of negotiations, this new contract is a testament to the power of our solidarity.

💲 UCLA per diems prevail over management’s costly wage mistakes 💲 Learn how: upte.org/news/ucla-pe...

Is it better in a union? [*checks notes*] Yes, it’s definitely better in a union. #UnionStrong #UC #ResetUCPriorities

“Being able to recruit and retain clinicians means being able to provide better and more timely support, I’m really glad I’m back with my patients. That’s what it’s about — taking care of patients, supporting students, and making sure UC lives up to its mission.” #UC #ResetUCPriorities #UnionStrong

Seventeen months of bargaining. Years of organizing. No longer tentative, now ratified by 98 percent of UPTE members! #UC #ResetUCPriorities #UnionStrong

Seventeen months of bargaining. Years of organizing. One goal: reset UC's priorities to better serve all Californians. By 98%, UPTE members have officially ratified our next contract.

Final day to vote! This TA delivers the biggest raises UPTE has ever won, blocks major PPO premium hikes for all pay bands/coverage levels, and even lowers 2026 UC Blue & Gold plan costs vs today. To lock it in, we must approve it—vote YES now here: upte.org/vote #UC #ResetUCPriorities #UnionStrong

I am overjoyed that I will be able to afford a safe place to sleep close enough to commute to my job at UCSF. Let’s carry on together, like we have from the beginning, toward ratifying this historic agreement by voting YES. Learn more: upte.org/updates/how-... #UnionStrong #UC #ResetUCPriorities

One day longer, one day stronger! Solidarity with our AFSCME 3299 siblings while they strike for a fair contract. #UnionStrong #UC #ResetUCPriorities

Come rain or shine, we stand in solidarity with our AFSCME 3299 siblings as they fight for a fair contract! #UnionStrong #UC