by uaw5810 | Feb 10, 2020 | Bargaining, Updates
UC Postdoc Scale to Increase by 4-5%! The NIH just announced a raise in the Ruth Kirschstein NRSA scale. Thanks to our union contract, this means the UC Postdoc minimum salary scale also increases by 4-5%! In 2016, we negotiated that our minimum salary scale is the...
by uaw5810 | Feb 3, 2020 | Elections, Updates
The strength of our union is built upon a democratic foundation. Now that Academic Researchers (ARs) have joined UAW 5810, our Joint Council has approved a new elected leadership structure to ensure representation for Academic Researchers as well. Here are the...
by uaw5810 | Nov 8, 2019 | Bargaining, Updates
By a vote of 2450 to 53, a majority of all UC Academic Researchers (ARs)—Project Scientists, Professional Researchers, Specialists and Coordinators of Public Programs—have voted to ratify their first-ever union contract! As of ratification, the contract is now in...
by uaw5810 | Nov 1, 2019 | Bargaining, Updates
ARs officially reached tentative agreement with UC on the first-ever Academic Researcher Union contract! This agreement is the culmination of years of hard work and advocacy by thousands of Academic Researchers across the state. But the contract is not official until...
by uaw5810 | Oct 25, 2019 | Bargaining, Updates
After almost a week of marathon bargaining sessions, ARs have reached the proposed terms of the first-ever Academic Researcher collective bargaining agreement with UC!!!!! To finalize the agreement, the University needs to seek authorization from their Executive...
by uaw5810 | Oct 19, 2019 | Bargaining, Updates
Great news! Yesterday the ARU Strike Authorization Vote concluded with 2,501 total votes cast by Academic Researchers (ARs), and 2,402 (96%) of ARs voting Yes. This means that a majority of all UC Academic Researchers have voted to authorize the Bargaining Team to...
