AR Bargaining Updates

Tens of thousands of Academic Workers held the line and showed up for Day 2! UC returned to the bargaining table, despite having previously declined to schedule any sessions for today. The pressure is working! As always, Academic Worker bargaining teams are ready and...

In this update: INCREDIBLE, HISTORIC unfair labor practice strike turnout! Bargaining update and new bargaining chart Media round-up: coverage in over 100 outlets! Tens of thousands of Academic Student Employees, Academic Researchers, Postdocs and Student Researchers...

In spite of the Academic Student Employee, Academic Researcher, Postdoc and Student Researcher Bargaining Teams’ best efforts, UC’s unlawful behavior has intractably obstructed our ability to reach agreements on fair contracts. We urge all 48,000 UC Academic Workers...

The Academic Student Employee, Academic Researcher, Postdoc and Student Researcher Bargaining Teams have been bargaining virtually non-stop this weekend, but as of the writing of this email, it remains unlikely that agreements will be reached before tomorrow morning....

The Academic Worker Bargaining Teams are meeting with UC around the clock, but the University’s ongoing unlawful behavior continues to thwart progress towards reaching fair resolutions. With less that forty-eight hours till our unfair labor practices strike is set to...

UC Academic Workers’ historic unfair labor practice strike begins Monday morning at 8 AM! UC’s ongoing unlawful behavior continues to obstruct Academic Student Employees, Academic Researchers, Postdocs and Student Researchers from reaching agreements on fair...

In this email: Sign up for strike pay: click here for times and locations on your campus, as well as remote sign up for workers who do not live near a UC campus and workers who have access needs that prevent them from attending in-person events Sign up for picket...

UC’s unlawful behavior is preventing progress on core bargaining issuesOn Wednesday, 48,000 Academic Researchers, Academic Student Employees, Postdocs and Student Researchers will begin Strike Authorization Votes in response to UC’s numerous unfair labor practices at...

Bargaining update: Progress on key articles but more action is needed!In recognition of workers’ growing power, UC made movement on key issue areas like disability justice, making its most meaningful proposals to date at the Postdoc and SR tables regarding interim...

UC Academic Workers turn out by the thousands!UC Academic Workers came out in massive numbers for membership meetings across the state last week, including over 1500 workers at UC Berkeley/LBL and over 1000 workers at UC San Diego. Words don’t do justice to what a...