Patients Over Profits: An UPTE Mass Meeting

Join us to demand UC rescind these layoffs and fight for safe staffing.

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Thursday, March 26, 2026

12 – 1 pm

UCI Healing Garden
101 The City Drive South
Orange, CA 92868

UCI Health announced several hundred layoffs targeting UPTE-represented rehab therapists, chaplains, and quality improvement specialists—at a time when patients need more care than ever. Come hear directly from laid-off workers and learn our strategy to fight back.

307 minutes

Patients wait an average of 307 minutes before leaving the emergency department100 minutes longer than the state median of 207 minutes.

+168%

Projected net income growth at UCI Health by FY2030, from $57M to $153M.