by uaw5810 | Apr 23, 2024 | Updates, Victories
On Friday night, autoworkers at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee made history. In the face of a coordinated fear-mongering campaign run by elected officials all over the South, workers voted by a 3-to-1 margin to form a union with UAW. They are the first...
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 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 | Jan 8, 2024 | Updates, Victories
In 2023, UC violated our union contract by unilaterally changing the mental health benefits in the Health Net PPO plan — out-of-network coverage for mental health benefits increased from a $0 deductible and 0% co-pay to a $200 deductible and a 40% co-pay. After...
by uaw5810 | Dec 11, 2023 | Updates, Victories
During our 2022 strike, academic workers at UC advanced an ambitious set of demands around environmental justice and addressing climate change. Ultimately, we forced UC to commit to providing discounts on e-bikes by December 2023 and universal public transit by 2025....
