The University of California and the California Nurses Association, or CNA, a labor union representing over 25,000 registered nurses across 19 UC facilities, have reached a tentative contract agreement on pay and benefits after five months of negotiating. The agreement averted a planned two-day system-wide sympathy strike that was scheduled to begin Monday. ⁠ ⁠ The CNA had planned to strike Monday and Tuesday in solidarity with the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, or AFSCME 3299, which represents almost 40,000 patient care technical workers, custodians, food service employees, security guards, secretaries and other workers at UC hospitals and campuses, all of whom have been working without contract for over a year.⁠ ⁠ Read more through the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ ✍️: Khoi Nguyen⁠ 📸: Anita Liu⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #ucberkeley #dailycal #berkeley #cna #strike #afscme