by uaw5810 | Jul 9, 2020 | Fighting Discrimination and Harassment, Updates, Visas/Immigration
Monday’s announcement by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of a modification to the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) has caused widespread confusion and threatens the ability of international students to remain in the US. In response to demands from...
by uaw5810 | Jun 26, 2020 | Updates, Visas/Immigration
Thanks to the hundreds of members who joined Tuesday’s Info Session on the latest Executive Order impacting non-immigrant visa programs. If you weren’t able to join, or you would just like to review it, you can find the video recording here. Our union is also...
by uaw5810 | Jun 22, 2020 | Updates, Visas/Immigration
President Trump issued an Executive Proclamation today that suspends entry to the US for some non-immigrants from June 24, 2020 until at least the end of the year. This executive order is more limited than initially expected and does not include anyone with a valid...
by uaw5810 | Apr 7, 2020 | Updates, Visas/Immigration
Here are the updates from the most recent COVID-19 bargaining session: J-1 visa extensions for some scholars due to COVID-19 US Department of State has issued an automatic 2-month extension of J-1 visas for scholars who have program end dates between April 1 – May 31,...
by uaw5810 | Apr 1, 2020 | Updates, Visas/Immigration
We met again yesterday with UC via videoconference to bargain over changes in our working conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. UC had several responses to our demands we presented last week: Paid Leave – UC employees are included in a recently passed federal...
by uaw5810 | Mar 26, 2020 | Updates, Visas/Immigration
We met yesterday with UC via videoconference to bargain over changes in our working conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to the call, we developed bargaining demands; you can read the Postdoc demands here and the Academic Researcher demands here. During our...
