UPTE-CWA Members Rally in Honor of Slain Union Sibling

On March 5—nearly three months after University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE)-CWA Local 9119 member Alberto Rangel was stabbed and killed on the job by a patient, more than 200 UPTE-CWA members and supporters came together to demand action: the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) must act to ensure this never happens again.

According to UPTE-CWA’s workplace safety survey, 90 percent of UCSF social workers have experienced some type of threat, assault, or intimidation on the job, whether physical, sexual, or verbal. Another 81 percent said they feel unsafe at work at least once a month, and 90 percent reported feeling unsafe at work to management at least once. In at least half of those cases, management retaliated, responded in a retaliatory manner, failed to address the concern, or acted only after what workers considered an unreasonable delay.

UPTE-CWA member Alejandro Alvarez described the traumatic experience of trying to pull the attacker off Alberto, and members shared powerful testimonials about the need for workplace safety improvements.

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UPTE-CWA Local 9119 Executive Vice President and Staff Pharmacist at the University of California, San Francisco Matias Campos led members at a rally for better safety protections for university workers.

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This post originally appeared on cwa-union.org.