AR Bargaining Updates

In this update: Bargaining update Postdoc and AR Tentative Agreement Town Halls and Ratification Vote schedule UAW sends Cease and Desist Letter to UC over illegal retaliation Guidance on Academic Progress, Final exams, and Grade submission Media round-up The...

HUGE UPDATE: 15 days into our strike, UC has finally made substantial offers to Academic Researchers and Postdocs, and the AR and Postdoc bargaining teams have now reached tentative agreements on contracts, including substantial wage increases that address cost of...

After a powerful week and a half of our historic strike, UC has finally made a serious offer to Postdocs that addresses major concerns. Some highlights from UC's package proposal tonight are: Salary: Minimum salary scale increase of 16% by October 2023 (8% in April...

In this update: Bargaining update Responding to retaliation Across UC today, Academic Workers came out in force and kept up the pressure on the picket line. At UC Davis a seemingly endless line of Academic Workers marched across campus to demand UC stop its unlawful...

In this update: Bargaining update First strike assistance payments Academic Student Employees, Academic Researchers, Postdocs and Student Researchers rang in week 2 of our unfair labor practice strike with a host of large and powerful actions. There were marches or...

In this update: UC thinks they can wait us out; show up Monday and prove them wrong! Bargaining update Because of last week’s massive turnout, Academic Student Employees, Academic Researchers, Postdocs and Student Researchers all made real progress at the bargaining...

In this update: Massive rallies at UCB and UCLA Bargaining update Academic Student Employees, Academic Researchers, Postdocs and Student Researchers closed out the first week of our historic unfair labor practice strike with even greater energy and turnout than on day...

In this update: Bargaining update Media round-up featuring a powerful LA Times editorial in support of Academic Workers by a UCSC Prof Academic Student Employees, Academic Researchers, Postdocs and Student Researchers are four days into our unfair labor practice...

In this update: Bargaining update Academic Credits and Workers’ Right to Strike Strike Assistance Update More Labor Movement Solidarity Though UC might be trying to convince itself that workers are getting tired on day 3 of the strike, the evidence on the ground is...