by uaw5810 | May 7, 2020 | Bargaining, Updates
As your elected bargaining team, we have been discussing the best way forward for UC Postdocs as our contract is set to expire on September 30, 2020. Given the great uncertainties created by the massive health and economic crisis of COVID-19, we have voted to support...
by uaw5810 | Apr 18, 2020 | Bargaining, Updates
We have made significant progress through bargaining with UC over the impacts of COVID-19. Click here for a chart showing the wins and current status of our union’s bargaining demands, and read on for recent updates on paid leave, job protections, and visas. COVID-19...
by uaw5810 | Feb 10, 2020 | Bargaining, Updates
UC Postdoc Scale to Increase by 4-5%! The NIH just announced a raise in the Ruth Kirschstein NRSA scale. Thanks to our union contract, this means the UC Postdoc minimum salary scale also increases by 4-5%! In 2016, we negotiated that our minimum salary scale is the...
by uaw5810 | Nov 8, 2019 | Bargaining, Updates
By a vote of 2450 to 53, a majority of all UC Academic Researchers (ARs)—Project Scientists, Professional Researchers, Specialists and Coordinators of Public Programs—have voted to ratify their first-ever union contract! As of ratification, the contract is now in...
by uaw5810 | Nov 1, 2019 | Bargaining, Updates
ARs officially reached tentative agreement with UC on the first-ever Academic Researcher Union contract! This agreement is the culmination of years of hard work and advocacy by thousands of Academic Researchers across the state. But the contract is not official until...
by uaw5810 | Oct 25, 2019 | Bargaining, Updates
After almost a week of marathon bargaining sessions, ARs have reached the proposed terms of the first-ever Academic Researcher collective bargaining agreement with UC!!!!! To finalize the agreement, the University needs to seek authorization from their Executive...
