Your union is holding a Vacancy & Delegates Election to fill vacant Executive Board and Joint Council, and Delegate positions. The nomination period starts today and ends on May 18, 2022, at 5pm PDT. The election will take place on June 1, 2022.
Note: this email lists updates to the vacant Joint Council positions that occurred since the postcard was sent out. Please read on for information about the election and instructions on how to accept the nomination if you are interested in running for one of these positions.
EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATIONS
All UAW 5810 members in continuous good standing for 1 year prior to accepting nominations are automatically nominated for the following Executive Board offices, with terms ending May 2024.
Nominated and elected by the statewide membership
1 Trustee
JOINT COUNCIL NOMINATIONS
All UAW Local 5810 members in continuous good standing for 45 days prior to accepting nominations are automatically nominated by campus for the following Joint Council offices, with terms until May 2024. Joint Council offices are nominated and elected by Postdoc campus membership for Postdoc positions and by Academic Researcher campus membership for Academic Researcher Positions.
Postdoc Unit
Berkeley
1 Head Steward
Davis
2 Head Stewards
Irvine
1 Head Steward
LA
1 Head Steward
Riverside
1 Campus Chair
1 Recording Secretary
San Diego
1 Head Steward
San Francisco
2 Head Stewards
Santa Cruz
1 Recording Secretary
Academic Researcher Unit
Davis
1 Head Steward
Irvine
1 Campus Chair
LA
1 Recording Secretary
Merced
1 Recording Secretary
Riverside
1 Campus Chair
1 Recording Secretary
San Diego
1 Head Steward
San Francisco
1 Head Steward
Santa Barbara
1 Recording Secretary
CONVENTION DELEGATES (July 25-28, 2022 in Detroit, Michigan)
To be eligible to run for a delegate position, you must have been a member of the UAW (the International Union, of which our local is a part) for 12 months, and that membership must have been in our local, UAW 5810, for at least the last 3 months. All delegates are nominated and elected by the Local Union membership. All eligible members are automatically nominated for the following positions:
- 7 delegates to the UAW Constitutional Convention
NOMINATION PROCEDURE FOR EXECUTIVE BOARD, JOINT COUNCIL, AND DELEGATES
The nomination period starts today on May 9, 2022, and ends on May 18, 2022 at 5pm PDT. Members may accept nomination for no more than one Executive Board position and no more than one Joint Council position. Each member who wishes to accept nomination must indicate this intention by e-mailing to elections@uaw5810.org. In the written acceptance, please specify the position(s) you are accepting nomination for and how you wish your name to appear on the ballot. Members accepting nomination may also submit a candidate statement (up to 500 words). Written acceptance and optional candidate statements must be received no later than May 18, 2022 at 5pm PDT.
The election for all contested positions will take place on June 1, 2022 via an online vote.
All members in good standing at the time of the election are eligible to vote. Write-in candidates are not permitted. If any position is uncontested, the candidate shall be considered elected and no election for that position will be held. All candidates for contested Executive Board and Joint Council positions must be elected by majority of valid ballots cast for that position. A run-off election, if necessary, will be held on June 8, 2022 via an online vote.
QUESTIONS? Contact the Elections Committee at elections@uaw5810.org
In Solidarity,
Laura Bogar, UC Santa Barbara
Daniel Karmelic, UC San Francisco
Eric Kent, UC Davis
Lisa Schwarz, UC Santa Cruz
Daniel Velez-Ramirez, UCLA