by uaw5810 | Sep 7, 2022 | Bargaining, Postdoc Bargaining 2021, Updates
ICYMI: Recently in bargaining, UC’s team stated that they will be making a childcare subsidy proposal, which UC Postdocs have been fighting to win for many years. UC’s previous broken promises and inaction on this issue mean that we’ve got to ramp up the pressure to...
by uaw5810 | Aug 31, 2022 | AR Bargaining 2022, Bargaining, Updates
UC is at it again. We met with the University on August 26th to continue negotiations for a new and improved AR contract covering Project Scientists, Specialists, Professional Researchers and CPPs, but they had other ideas in mind. We passed the UC several articles...
by uaw5810 | Aug 30, 2022 | Bargaining, Postdoc Bargaining 2021, Updates
During last Thursday’s bargaining session (our first since the beginning of August) we finally saw movement from UC on some of our highest priorities! Here are the highlights: CHILDCARE: After years of Postdocs organizing to win a childcare subsidy, UC’s team verbally...
by uaw5810 | Aug 26, 2022 | Fighting Discrimination and Harassment, San Diego, Updates
I write to share this letter from Dr. Li Jiang, a Postdoc at UCSD whose story was recently covered in NBC News and Inside Higher Ed. After raising allegations of data falsification in her lab, Li was told by her PI that her Postdoc appointment would not be renewed as...
by uaw5810 | Aug 25, 2022 | Elections, Updates
We are pleased to present you with the following list of newly elected UAW Local 5810 officers. As of the close of the nomination period at 5pm PT on Aug 24th, 2022, no more than one (1) member accepted nomination for the following positions. The candidates, being UAW...
by uaw5810 | Aug 16, 2022 | AR Bargaining 2022, Bargaining, Updates
We met with UC on August 12th to continue negotiations for a new and improved AR contract covering Project Scientists, Specialists, Professional Researchers and CPPs. We had prepared several proposals and presentations for this day-long session. We gave the UC a...
