by uaw5810 | Jul 18, 2022 | Bargaining, Postdoc Bargaining 2021, Updates
Update on Compensation/Benefits proposals At last week’s session, we made a new proposal on Compensation that included significantly raising the minimum starting salary to $70,000 in line with National Academy of Sciences recommendations on Postdoc pay, as well...
by uaw5810 | Jun 30, 2022 | AR Bargaining 2022, Bargaining, Updates
Your Academic Researcher (AR) Bargaining Team has met with UC twice in the past week for negotiations covering Project Scientists, Specialists, Professional Researchers and CPPs. Below are some of the high/low-lights. We will be back at the bargaining table on Friday,...
by uaw5810 | Jun 23, 2022 | Bargaining, Postdoc Bargaining 2021, Updates
UC proposed an awful economic package in bargaining yesterday and is now advertising it as an across-the-board increase. This is a LIE. Here’s why: In their first compensation proposal in October 2021, UC offered raises of a mere 3%, which would have translated to...
by uaw5810 | Jun 14, 2022 | AR Bargaining 2022, Bargaining, Updates
Bargaining is in Full Swing!We have now had two bargaining sessions with the UC, the kickoff session on June 3rd, and the second session on June 10th. In our first bargaining session we gave UC management’s team an overview of our Initial Bargaining Demands: how the...
by uaw5810 | Jun 10, 2022 | Postdoc Bargaining 2021, Updates
UAW Local 5810, the Union of 7,000 Postdocs and 5,000 Academic Researchers at the University of California, strongly supports Mt. Sinai Postdocs’ right to vote for Sinai Postdoctoral Organizing Committee-UAW as their union without interference from the Sinai...
by uaw5810 | Jun 9, 2022 | Bargaining, Postdoc Bargaining 2021, Updates
Have you experienced bullying or other abusive conduct in the workplace? If so, you’re not alone. Please check out this op-ed that two Student Researchers and one Teaching Assistant wrote about their experience with bullying at UCSD and how they fought back through...
