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Possible cuts to Santa Cruz County healthcare staff, May Day strikes from UC employees

KAZU | By Amy Mayer,
Katie Brown
Published May 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM PDT
California Senator John Laird speaks at a rally for University Professional and Technical Employees CWA Local 9119 (UPTE) at UC Santa Cruz on
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KAZU News
California Sen. John Laird speaks at a rally for University Professional and Technical Employees CWA Local 9119 (UPTE) union chapter at UC Santa Cruz on October 17, 2024. UPTE is one of the unions striking today.

In today's newscast, a University of California union group is observing May Day by organizing strikes across UC campuses, laboratories, and medical centers. And, Santa Cruz County supervisors face potential budget cuts to the health care services agency after peeking at the proposed budget for the next fiscal year.

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Amy Mayer
Amy Mayer is an award-winning journalist with more than 25 years of experience in public radio. Before KAZU, she worked as an editor for the California Newsroom and at St. Louis Public Radio. For eight years, she covered agriculture as the Harvest Public Media reporter based at Iowa Public Radio. She's also worked at stations in Massachusetts and Alaska and has written for many newspapers, magazines and online news outlets.
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Katie Brown
Katie Brown comes to KAZU after earning spot news and investigative journalism awards for her reporting and photography in Maine. A Report for America alumna and former Metcalf Institute fellow, Katie’s reporting beats span business, environment, and public health.
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