UC strike ends without new pact
A five-day strike by patient-care and service workers at the University of California ended Friday, drawing support from some state politicians but no new contract offer from university officials, union officials said.
State Sen. Gil Cedillo (D-Los Angeles) and Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-La Canada Flintridge) addressed hundreds of picketers at noon Friday outside Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Westwood, according to union spokesman Mario Fuentes.
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 represents 11,400 patient-care workers and 8,500 custodians, groundskeepers and cafeteria workers at the UC’s 10 campuses and five hospitals.
The workers have been without a contract almost a year.
-- Gale Holland
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