Elections🗳️
UAW Local 5810 has a dynamic and participatory democratic structure in which union members vote on all major decisions including electing union officers and ratifying bargaining demands and contracts.
Elections are conducted by an Elections Committee that is elected from the membership. See below for announcements and results of union elections
Call for Nominations for UAW 4811 Triennial Election
Your union is holding its 2024 Triennial election to fill all seats on the UAW 4811 Joint Council, including all campus-level positions and all seats on the statewide Executive Board. Please read on for information about the election and instructions on how to accept...
UAW 4811 Triennial Election Announcement
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...
Amalgamation Vote Results
UAW-UC academic workers have voted by 10,574 to 810 (a 92% margin) to form one big union! 92% of all UAW 5810 voters and 92% of all UAW 2865 voters said YES to amalgamation. This is a huge step toward increasing our collective power. Now that members have made this...
UAW 5810 Vacancy Election Results and Update on Amalgamation Referendum
Please read below for an important update on the October 2023 Vacancy Election and the Amalgamation Referendum. Please note that these are two separate votes. Amalgamation Referendum: October 10-20Beginning tomorrow at 6am, members of both UAW 2865 and UAW 5810 will...
Notice of UAW 5810 Vacancy Elections Nominations
Our union is holding a Vacancy Election to fill vacant Executive Board and Joint Council positions. The nomination period starts today and ends on October 8, 2023, at 11:59pm PDT. The election will start at 12:01am PDT on October 23, 2023 and end at 7pm PDT on October...
ONE BIG UNION: Vote Oct. 10-20
Starting October 10 and continuing through October 20, UAW-UC Academic Workers will be voting on whether to combine UAW 2865 and UAW 5810 into ONE BIG UNION (also known as amalgamation). This is a historic opportunity to build wall-to-wall power, and it’s critical...
Get your amalgamation vote questions answered
From October 10th to the 20th, members of UAW 2865 and UAW 5810 will be voting on whether to amalgamate UAW 2865 and UAW 5810 into one big local union. The executive boards of both locals have voted unanimously to endorse amalgamation. This historic decision is now in...
Union amalgamation: town halls 9/12 and 9/13, vote 10/10-10/20
Fifteen years ago, when they first organized, most UC Postdocs expected to join UAW Local 2865. At the time, some now-disgraced former leaders of the International UAW felt threatened by the idea of a large, progressive union of academic workers on the West Coast, and...
Summer 2022 Vacancy and Delegate Election Results
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...
Nominations for UAW 5810 Vacancy Election
Your union is holding a Vacancy Election to fill vacant Executive Board and Joint Council positions. The nomination period starts today and ends on Aug 24, 2022, at 5pm PDT. The election will take place on September 7, 2022. EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATIONSAll UAW 5810...