by uaw5810 | Jan 7, 2022 | AR Bargaining 2022, Bargaining, Updates
In order to determine Academic Researchers’ priorities (Project Scientists, Specialists, Professional Researchers and CPPs) for upcoming contract negotiations it’s critical to gather feedback on what issues ARs feel are most important to address. Please click on the...
by uaw5810 | Dec 22, 2021 | Updates, Visas/Immigration
Status of international travel Many Postdocs and ARs will be traveling to visit family and friends in the next couple of weeks, and some of us will travel internationally. Just a reminder to keep a close eye on regulations for the country you’re traveling to, and to...
by uaw5810 | Dec 21, 2021 | AR Bargaining 2022, Bargaining, Updates
We are Academic Researcher members of your union’s executive board and bargaining team. Academic Researchers (Project Scientists, Specialists, Professional Researchers and CPPs) will begin bargaining our next union contract with UC in the spring of 2022. In order to...
by uaw5810 | Dec 16, 2021 | Bargaining, Postdoc Bargaining 2021, Updates
12/15 Bargaining UpdateAt this week’s bargaining session, we passed UC a series of non-economic package proposals that include a number of our key issues including equity at work, job security and longer visas, professional development, and union rights. UC didn’t...
by uaw5810 | Dec 9, 2021 | Bargaining, Postdoc Bargaining 2021, Updates
Big news: On Tuesday, the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) issued a complaint against UC regarding the Unfair Labor Practices that we filed in October and demanded a response from the university within 20 days. This means that the State of...
by uaw5810 | Dec 9, 2021 | Updates, Victories
Breaking news! Today, after six months of stalling, UC agreed to drop their objections and recognize Student Researchers United-UAW as the union of over 17,000 Student Researchers. SRU-UAW is the largest new union in 2021! This decision comes just two weeks after SRs...
