by uaw5810 | Apr 2, 2024 | Updates
With 75% turnout and 88% voting in favor, nearly 6,000 California state scientists have chosen to affiliate their union (CAPS – California Association of Professional Scientists) with the UAW! These workers have been fighting for a contract for 3 years, and in...
by uaw5810 | Mar 21, 2024 | Updates, Victories
During our 2022 union contract negotiations, UC Postdocs won an increase in the minimum initial appointment length from 1 to 2 years – this will improve job security for all new Postdocs and also increase visa length for international scholars. Since then, UC failed...
by uaw5810 | Mar 18, 2024 | Updates, Victories
This weekend, UAW President Shawn Fain visited UAW 4811 members at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. UAW members at LBL and across UC do the basic research that enables EV manufacturing and all the clean energy technology that will power the just...
by uaw5810 | Mar 15, 2024 | Elections, Updates
On May 2-3, 2024, UAW academic workers at UC will elect officers to the Joint Council and Executive Board of our newly formed amalgamated union, UAW 4811. UAW members voted overwhelmingly last fall to merge UAW 2865 (Teaching Assistants, Tutors, Readers, and Student...
by uaw5810 | Mar 14, 2024 | Updates, Victories
Last month Academic Researchers (Project Scientists, Specialists, Professional Researchers and Coordinators of Public Programs) won a significant victory in our fight for a more equitable career advancement system at UC. At UC Davis and UC San Francisco, 55 Junior...
by uaw5810 | Mar 1, 2024 | Updates
Last week the UAW International Executive Board met and voted to approve the amalgamation of Academic Student Employees, Graduate Student Researchers (formerly of UAW Local 2865), Academic Researchers and Postdocs (formerly of UAW Local 5810) into one big union. This...
