In what could become one of the largest labor actions in the University of California’s history, more than 86,000 nurses, health care professionals and campus workers — including those at UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley — plan to walk off the job this month, accusing the university of neglecting its lowest-paid employees while rewarding those at the top.
UC officials have sharply disputed those claims, arguing that the unions’ wage and benefit demands go beyond what the university can responsibly afford.
The two-day strike is set for Nov. 17-18 and will affect 18 UC health facilities statewide, including the UCSF Mission Bay and Parnassus campuses, UC Berkeley and Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland…