by uaw5810 | Dec 21, 2021 | AR Bargaining 2022, Bargaining, Updates
We are Academic Researcher members of your union’s executive board and bargaining team. Academic Researchers (Project Scientists, Specialists, Professional Researchers and CPPs) will begin bargaining our next union contract with UC in the spring of 2022. In order to...
by uaw5810 | Dec 16, 2021 | Bargaining, Postdoc Bargaining 2021, Updates
12/15 Bargaining UpdateAt this week’s bargaining session, we passed UC a series of non-economic package proposals that include a number of our key issues including equity at work, job security and longer visas, professional development, and union rights. UC didn’t...
by uaw5810 | Dec 9, 2021 | Bargaining, Postdoc Bargaining 2021, Updates
Big news: On Tuesday, the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) issued a complaint against UC regarding the Unfair Labor Practices that we filed in October and demanded a response from the university within 20 days. This means that the State of...
by uaw5810 | Dec 6, 2021 | AR Bargaining 2022, Bargaining, Updates
We are your elected bargaining team for Academic Researchers (Project Scientists, Specialists, Professional Researchers and CPPs). Bargaining for our contract will begin in May 2022 and in preparation we will be launching a bargaining survey very soon to determine our...
by uaw5810 | Nov 30, 2021 | Bargaining, Postdoc Bargaining 2021, Updates
During our 2016 contract campaign, Postdocs won strict and enforceable timelines to resolve harassment and discrimination claims through the union grievance procedure, rather than waiting for the Title IX process to play out. And during our current negotiations, we...
by uaw5810 | Nov 20, 2021 | Bargaining, Postdoc Bargaining 2021, Updates
Great news! Yesterday our Strike Authorization Vote concluded with 4,147 total votes cast, and 98.01% of Postdocs voting Yes. A supermajority of all UC Postdocs have voted to authorize our Postdoc Union Bargaining Team to call a strike if circumstances justify. In...
