Between April 4 and 18, nearly 9,500 members cast their ballots to overwhelmingly ratify our 2024 Contract Platform. We're proud that with a majority of all UPTE workers at UC casting a ballot, more than 99% voted YES to stand behind our proposals to reset UC's priorities.

This high engagement means that our bargaining team will have a better understanding of what our members want—and that our members will be prepared to take action to win those things quickly. We should celebrate this accomplishment, but we should also see it as a stepping stone in our larger campaign to win a world-class contract for UC workers this year. 

This platform ratification was the culmination of more than a year of hard work from UPTE leaders who engaged nearly four times as many members as were engaged in our previous contract negotiations, first through a form that collected everyone's top 3 priorities and then through a bargaining survey with the top issues that emerged from those priorities.

We'll be sharing the next steps soon, but the most important thing we can always do is talk to our coworkers about the importance of joining and being active in our union. If you want to get involved in this work with us, please reach out and let us know.

Let's keep up the momentum and continue to work towards a fair and promising future for us all. Together, we can continue to build a stronger, more inclusive union that represents the goals and priorities of every UPTE member at the University of California. 

In solidarity,

Dan Russell
UPTE President