by uaw5810 | Jul 9, 2020 | Fighting Discrimination and Harassment, Updates, Visas/Immigration
Monday’s announcement by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of a modification to the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) has caused widespread confusion and threatens the ability of international students to remain in the US. In response to demands from...
by uaw5810 | Jun 7, 2019 | Fighting Discrimination and Harassment, Gender Equity in Academia, Updates, Victories
Sandra, along with Postdoc and Academic Researcher supporters. The crowd at yesterday's rally. This is what solidarity looks like. This is what union power feels like. Yesterday afternoon, UCLA agreed to renew UCLA Postdoc Sandra Koch’s appointment. We...
by uaw5810 | Jun 7, 2019 | Fighting Discrimination and Harassment, Gender Equity in Academia, Updates
Please read this powerful piece from the Daily Bruin’s editorial board taking UCLA to task for their pregnancy discrimination against Sandra. Click the link to read or scroll down: Editorial: Pregnancy discrimination looms large at UCLA, forces women out of...
by uaw5810 | Jun 2, 2019 | Fighting Discrimination and Harassment, Gender Equity in Academia, Updates
Sandra Koch, a Postdoc in neurobiology at UCLA, is facing a horrific case of retaliation in response to a pregnancy discrimination grievance that she filed last year. Will you please take a minute to sign our petition demanding that UCLA immediately stop this...
by uaw5810 | Apr 5, 2019 | Fighting Discrimination and Harassment, Gender Equity in Academia, Updates, Visas/Immigration
UC San Diego Postdocs deliver a letter to UCSD Administration on behalf of a Postdoc grievant. Let’s say it’s your one-year anniversary as a Postdoc. You have been looking forward to the salary increase guaranteed by our contract, but when you look at your...
by uaw5810 | Jan 29, 2019 | Fighting Discrimination and Harassment, Gender Equity in Academia, Updates
Led by Education Secretary DeVos, the Trump administration has proposed changes that would severely weaken protections against sexual assault and harassment in academia. These changes would make it much harder for survivors to come forward and represent a massive step...
