One week left until California’s primary is Tuesday, June 2, 2026. Don’t wait. Our endorsed candidates share our values, and many have walked our picket lines. 1/2 #UnionStrong

A century later, the fight for workers to share in what they create is the same fight we wage today. #UnionStrong

“We should be at the table as well.” 2,100 UC tech workers just voted to unionize, forming the largest tech worker union in US history, with AI governance as a core bargaining issue. #TechUnion #UnionStrong

tfw when 2,100 IT workers join the UPTE, creating the largest tech union in the country ✨

We’re proud to endorse Tom Steyer for governor. He’s committed to our mission of public healthcare, education, and research, taxing the wealthy and corporations their fair share, and achieving single-payer healthcare. We look forward to working with him. Vote by June 2!

We are proud to announce our endorsements for the California primary election on Tuesday, June 2, 2026! 🗳️ Our political committee spent months researching, interviewing, & debating to find candidates who share our values—& many have already shown up on our picket lines. Learn more with link in bio.

Thousands of IT and technical professionals are organizing a union to win guaranteed raises, job security, improved benefits, career advancement, and protections for remote work. Join UPTE at upte.org/tech #TechUnion

From Alzheimer’s to climate-resilient crops, science saves lives. UPTE researchers rallied in Sacramento for SB 895, a bipartisan bill creating a $23 billion bond to offset billions in federal research cuts. Learn more at upte.org/save-science #SaveScienceSaveLives

New op-ed in the @sfchronicle.com: We’ve raised the alarm for years about UCSF’s approach to our clinics: under-resourced and underpaid. At Ward 86, social workers carry caseloads of 500+. Nearly 6 months after the killing of Alberto Rangel, this cannot continue. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

Safe staffing isn't optional. UCLA sits on $2 billion in cash—it can end the staffing & boarding crisis today. Patients deserve better care. Workers deserve safety. We rallied with CIR, CNA & AFSCME at today’s UC Regents meeting to demand change now. #SafeStaffing

Union workers showed up today at the California State Capitol and sent a clear message: we will NOT let science be gutted. The fight for SB 895 is just getting started. Thank you to everyone who rallied with us. #SaveScienceSaveLives

Across California, UPTE members were out in full force yesterday with a clear message: workers over billionaires. #InternationalWorkersDay #MayDay #UnionStrong

Today and every day belong to the workers. Solidarity, and happy International Workers’ Day! #InternationalWorkersDay #MayDay #UnionStrong

Same Master of Social Work. Same license. $17.84/hr less just for working UCSF’s community clinics. Half of campus social workers leave in under three years, impacting 1,500+ patients with serious mental illness. UCSF Health must end its two-tier care system and close the pay gap. #ResetUCPriorities

Patients wait almost 5 hours to be seen and discharged in the UCLA emergency department. That’s 48.7% longer than the state average. As of March 2025, UCLA Health held $2 billion in cash. Enough. Rally with us on May 6. RSVP here: upte.org/rsvp #UCLA #ResetUCPriorities

“We hope the city of San Francisco can hold UC — which staffs the hospital — accountable to supply safe staffing levels for clinicians who serve the city’s most vulnerable.”

Thousands of technical professionals are unionizing to win guaranteed raises, job security, better benefits, career growth, & protections for remote work. Tech professionals belong in unions, too. Join UPTE—the tech union at UC. Find out more here: upte.org/tech #TechWorkers #TechUnion

“I have witnessed patients vomiting, bleeding, and even dying in our hallways.” After a horrible patient safety incident occurred at the Parnassus emergency department, we’re calling on UCSF Health to get a grip and ensure safe staffing levels. #PatientCare #UCSF #UCSFHealth #SF

While UCSF Health sits on billions in cash, Parnassus emergency patients wait an average of 4 hrs 42 mins to see a provider & be discharged—nearly 40% longer than the national average. Unacceptable. 💪We’re rallying on April 16 to stop this needless staffing & boarding crisis. Join us: upte.org/rsvp

when we fight back, we win

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