Zellerbach Hall is a world class performing arts facility built on the backs of precarious workers

• University of California stagehands receive no daily overtime pay despite regularly working 12+ hour and back-to-back shifts
• 90% of the stagehands at Zellerbach Hall are part-time permanent “temps,” (per diem) receiving no benefits, seniority, or path to career advancement despite tenures of 5-15 years and more
• Necessary career posts have been reduced by over 50%, blocking skilled and dedicated workers from fair compensation and benefits

University of California Management Is The Problem

• Cal Performances management operates within a culture of impunity, purposely misleading union workers and stonewalling attempts to secure fair working conditions
• With an increasing use of permanent temporary workers and a continual assault on on the well-earned benefits of its dedicated workers, we know that UC regards this unfair labor model as the wave of the future
• UC relies on maintaining this insecure labor force and charging performers industry standard rates for stagehand labor to increase their own profits

The stagehands of Zellerbach Hall/Cal Performances are asking for your support to achieve fair working conditions and compensation. Specifically we are petitioning the University of California for:

• The restoration of career staff positions

• Daily overtime pay over eight hours