University Professional and Technical Employees CWA Local 9119, or UPTE, struck a tentative agreement Saturday with the University of California after 17 months of negotiation and only two days after declaring its intention to strike. UPTE, which represents more than 22,000 research, technical and health care workers in the UC system, will no longer walk out with the more than 60,000 other UC union members planning to strike Nov. 17 and 18. While UPTE members must still vote to ratify the agreement, both the UC system and UPTE remain hopeful about an end to what had been a mired negotiation process. Neither UPTE nor the university, however, attributed this resolution to the threat of a strike. Read more through the link in bio. ✍️: Jackson Woodward 📸: Anjalie Butte . . . #ucberkeley #dailycal #berkeley #UPTE