19,600 UC employees reach tentative contract, averting strike

One of three big unions planning to strike the University of California on Nov. 17-18 has reached a tentative agreement, leaving more than 60,000 left to continue with plans to picket at 18 campuses and medical facilities statewide.
After 17 months of negotiations, UC and the University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America Local 9119, which represents 19,664 healthcare, research and technical professionals, agreed to a tentative deal Nov. 8, according to a UC st