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This post was updated Feb. 19 at 10:28 p.m. On Feb. 6, optometrists at UCLA and across the UC went on a two-day strike, and it is not hard to see why they are fed up.
The recent two day strike of optometrists at the UC system was deliberately isolated by the UPTE union and underscores the critical need for health care workers to form their own, independent rank and file committees.
"UC optometrists hold two-day strike over labor law violations, causing delays in patient appointments. Union and UC in dispute over contracts and understaffing
This post was updated Feb 6. at 9:44 p.m. Record rains did not stop UC optometrists from calling it as they see it, picketing outside Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Tuesday to demand higher salaries, lower patient wait times and good-faith contract bargaining from the UC.
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