by uaw5810 | Feb 25, 2022 | Bargaining, Postdoc Bargaining 2021, Updates
Bargaining Update from the week of 2/21We had two bargaining sessions this week, on Tuesday, 2/22 and on Thursday, 2/24. On Tuesday, we reached tentative agreements on 4 articles(!): Individual Development Plans, Progress Assessments, Professional Development and...
by uaw5810 | Feb 21, 2022 | Bargaining, Postdoc Bargaining 2021, Updates
Bargaining Update from the week of 2/14We had two bargaining sessions last week, on Tuesday 2/15 and on Friday 2/18. We passed a proposal on Leaves of Absence which would expand our paid family leave benefit to 12 weeks and ensure that all parental leave is at 100%...
by uaw5810 | Feb 14, 2022 | Bargaining, Postdoc Bargaining 2021, Updates
Bargaining Update from the week of 2/7We had two bargaining sessions last week, on Tuesday 2/7 and on Friday 2/11. In Tuesday’s session we reached tentative agreements with UC on two important articles: Union Access and Rights, and Nondiscrimination. A “tentative...
by uaw5810 | Feb 4, 2022 | Bargaining, Housing, Postdoc Bargaining 2021, Updates
Bargaining Update from the week of 1/31We had two bargaining sessions this week, a 1.5 hour session on Monday, January 31 and a 2 hour session on Thursday, February 3. On Monday, our session was focused on Professional Development and Career Counseling. We have...
by uaw5810 | Jan 27, 2022 | Bargaining, Postdoc Bargaining 2021, Updates
Big Win for International Scholars!Last week, the Biden Administration expanded eligibility for the STEM-OPT to include 22 new degree fields, in addition to improvements in J-1 and O-1 visas and the EB-2 National Interest Waiver process. These are big wins for...
by uaw5810 | Jan 20, 2022 | Bargaining, Postdoc Bargaining 2021, Updates
We had a 4-hour bargaining session with UC on Tuesday. Here are the highlights — we reached tentative agreements on 3 articles: Titles and Classifications, Personal Time Off, and Sick Leave. In Titles and Classifications, there is now language that requires the...
