OAKLAND — The University of California has reached a tentative agreement with about 11,000 hospital workers, 14 months after the groups began negotiating for a new contract.
The pact must be approved by members of the employees' union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 3299. An approved contract would run through September 2012.
The proposal, agreed on Sunday, would guarantee raises of at least 26 percent over the next four years to patient-care workers at UC hospitals. Union leaders lauded the agreement but said UC still has not agreed to a contract with more than 8,000 service workers on university campuses.
University negotiators said the hospital pact was easier to reach because the medical centers generate the revenue needed to pay for it.
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