“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

Ward 86 social workers fear understaffing is safety issue Staff say they are not able to assess patients in an in-depth manner.

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

ED patients already wait 307 minutes on average — 100 minutes longer than the state median. Layoffs will only make it worse. We were proud to stand with local leaders, Orange County Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento, State Assemblymember Avelino Valencia, and more. #PatientsOverProfit #UCIHealth

While patient-facing staff face cuts, executives at these acquired hospitals saw a 30.8% pay increase, with average base wages of $529,810. UCI Health projects a 168% surge in net income by 2030. This is a choice, not a necessity. #PatientsOverProfit #UCIHealth

The layoffs will hit four community hospitals serving disproportionately low-income populations: UCI Health — Fountain Valley, Lakewood, Los Alamitos, and Placentia. These are the communities that can least afford to lose care. #StopTheLayoffs #UCIHealth

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

Hospital Security Debate Swirls After San Francisco Social Worker Stabbing | KQED More than one in five social workers say they have been assaulted on the job, according to a recent union survey.

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

UCSF workers march to chancellor’s door with safety demands after colleague’s killing The stabbing death of Alberto Rangel in December is the most tragic example of a widespread workplace safety crisis, UCSF workers say.

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

UCSF social workers report experiencing harassment on the job A union-generated survey reported 90% of workers experienced some sort of harassment.

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

After the rally, workers marched to demand a meeting with Chancellor Sam Hawgood. He was unavailable again. UPTE member Julia Pascoe delivered a letter of demands instead: “We’re asking for very basic safety protections. We will not stop until our demands are met.” #UCSF #UC #SF

The crisis is widespread: 90% of UCSF campus social workers reported experiencing physical, sexual, or verbal threats, assault, or intimidation on the job. @sfgov.sf.gov, Supervisors @conniechansf.bsky.social, Shamann Walton, & Matt Dorsey have met with workers & pledged action. UCSF has not. #UCSF

⁉️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

Exclusive: Half of front-line UCSF social workers say they’ve been sexually assaulted or harassed OPINION: A new survey from the labor union representing licensed health care workers found an astonishing 50% reported being sexually assaulted or harassed at work, Emily Hoeven writes.

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

Commentary: UC workers help labor have a moment Starting this year, after 17 months of bargaining, four strikes, and countless organizing conversations, 23,000 healthcare, research, and technical workers across the University of California system a...

“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

Council member Hugo Soto Martinez posing with UPTE local 9119 members at a campaign launch event.

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.

Event flyer with UC Berkeley Campanile tower in background framed by trees. Text reads: "FEBRUARY 19 - U18 BARGAINING KICKOFF UC BERKELEY. 9:30am (and throughout the day) Support your bargaining team at Bauer Wurster Hall. 10:30am - 2:00pm Union solidarity bake sale outside California Hall." At bottom is UC-AFT union logo featuring a blue torch with orange flame overlaid on California state outline, with text "FACULTY EQUITY" and "STUDENT SUCCESS" around the circular border.

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!

‘Salt to a Wound’: Social Workers Still Reeling in Aftermath of Ward 86 Stabbing | KQED Ward 86 staff feel doubly traumatized by demands to stay silent and return to work amid an ongoing investigation into the recent stabbing at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and the events th...

“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