by uaw5810 | Mar 8, 2022 | AR Bargaining 2022, Bargaining, Fighting Discrimination and Harassment, Gender Equity in Academia, Housing, Postdoc Bargaining 2021
We have all heard the horror stories: a supervisor belittles a Teaching Assistant (TA) in front of their students and coworkers; an international Student Researcher is unjustly fired and loses their visa; a Postdoc is fired from their lab when they tell their...
by uaw5810 | Jun 3, 2021 | Bargaining, Gender Equity in Academia, Updates
We are your elected Academic Researcher Bargaining Team and we write to you with an exciting update. After years of pressure by our union, UC is proposing to add a new paid family leave benefit (Pay for Family Care and Bonding) to our contract. As of now, Academic...
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 | May 8, 2019 | Gender Equity in Academia, Updates
In our 2016 contract negotiations, UC Postdocs fought for — and won — expanded Paid Parental Leave for all new parents. But UC administrators are often misinformed about our parental leave rights. Here are the facts! And if you have any questions, send an...
