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Nurses, staff and unions tell Regents that proposed UCSF integration threatens contracts, jobs and patient services
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Staff and union representatives told the Board of Regents that UCSF's plan to integrate Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland employees into UCSF employment would end longstanding contracts, reduce pay and risk service losses; speakers urged delay and productive bargaining.
Nurses, dietitians, pharmacy technicians and other staff at Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland told the Regents they face a forced integration into UCSF employment that would terminate a decades‑old contract and threaten pay, staffing and services.
Gail Laurenzana, who said she has worked 13 years on the pediatric oncology unit at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, said the early termination of a long‑standing hospital contract will "force all employees to become UCSF employees" and that the contract had for decades protected nurses’ rights and work‑life balance.
Aina Goggi, an RN at Children's Hospital Oakland for more than 15 years, described the same termination as "disrespectful" and said retention is tied to work‑life provisions in the existing contract. Marcus Williams, an inpatient pharmacy technician, said the integration amounts to a "union busting tactic" that would reduce take‑home pay and subcontract work. Marion Roan, a clinical dietitian, said the change could cut her take‑home pay by about $2,000 a month and cited layoffs and loss of specialty services.
Several speakers said CNA (California Nurses Association) and NUHW have been engaging in bargaining and impact bargaining; speakers reported that proposals intended to mitigate harms had been rejected and called for the university to delay unilateral integration to allow productive negotiations. Speakers framed the change as management‑led and urged Regents to halt or pause the integration so bargaining can continue.
The Regents did not take a recorded vote on the Oakland integration during the morning open session captured by the transcript. The public comments documented opposition from multiple hospital employees and union representatives and requested that UC administration pursue negotiated solutions rather than unilateral implementation.
