by uaw5810 | Oct 19, 2019 | Bargaining, Updates
Great news! Yesterday the ARU Strike Authorization Vote concluded with 2,501 total votes cast by Academic Researchers (ARs), and 2,402 (96%) of ARs voting Yes. This means that a majority of all UC Academic Researchers have voted to authorize the Bargaining Team to...
by uaw5810 | Jul 22, 2019 | Bargaining, Updates
Earlier today, over 100 UCSF ARs and Postdocs rallied outside Genentech Hall to deliver the message that improving the quality of UC research requires improving the quality of life for those who do the research! UCSF ARs and Postdocs at the conclusion of the rally. At...
by uaw5810 | Jun 27, 2019 | Bargaining, Updates
Yesterday, UC Berkeley ARs rallied at UCB’s California Hall to demand that UC Administration negotiate a fair contract now! UC Berkeley Academic Researchers, Postdocs and Academic Student Workers at the conclusion of the rally. Berkeley ARs’ message to the...
by uaw5810 | Mar 25, 2019 | Bargaining, Updates
Last Friday, after months of stalling, UC finally dropped its opposition to Academic Researchers United / UAW Local 5810. This means that the path is now clear for UC Academic Researchers (ARs) to be certified by the Public Employment Relations Board and begin...
by uaw5810 | Mar 20, 2019 | Bargaining, Updates
Earlier this year, a group of Academic Researchers and Postdocs reached out to our state and congressional leaders to let them know that UC was stalling on recognizing ARs’ union. Yesterday, thanks to collective action, twenty members of Congress led by...
by uaw5810 | Mar 19, 2019 | Bargaining, Updates
Last Friday, thanks to outreach by Academic Researchers (Project Scientists, Researchers, Specialists, and Coordinators of Public Programs) over the past few weeks, state legislators representing UC campuses sent a letter to UC President Janet Napolitano urging UC to...
