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UC service employees continued their strike this week, despite a court order calling off the action. Hundreds of workers throughout the University of California system walked off the job Monday, including those at ºÙºÙÊÓƵ' Davis and Sacramento campuses.

Meanwhile, copies of Dateline, the staff-faculty newspaper, have been delivered to racks throughout campus, and they will make it to employee mailboxes on Monday.

Representatives from the state Department of Public Health were at the Sacramento campus Monday to monitor care and ensure the university was in compliance with state regulations.

Health System spokesman David Ong said on Monday that the patient care areas were fully staffed and there was no interruption of care.

A San Francisco Superior Court judge had issued a temporary restraining order July 11, prohibiting American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local No. 3299 from holding the strike, but union leaders urged workers to strike for five days. More than 3,370 ºÙºÙÊÓƵ employees in Davis and Sacramento make up the two units -- patient care technical unit and service unit -- involved in the ongoing labor negotiations.

Howard Pripas, executive director for UC systemwide labor relations, said in a prepared statement that he was "disappointed that AFSCME has chosen to strike, despite the court's ruling prohibiting such activity."