Important info for union members: Strike Authorization Vote Announcement
Last night, an armed group of counter-protesters attacked the Palestine Solidarity encampment at UCLA, hitting protesters—including members of UAW 4811—with sticks, spraying them with bear spray, and pelting them with bottles and fireworks. This comes hours after...
VW workers vote to join UAW!
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...
Sign up for UAW Region 6 Summer School
From June 20-23 (Thursday-Sunday), workers from across the Western US will convene in Los Angeles for a 4 day organizing summer school hosted by UAW Region 6. This retreat will feature trainings on how to organize direct actions, build escalating contract campaigns,...
UAW 4811 Joint Council Meeting Recap//Support Berkeley Tenants Rights Measure
Joint Council Meeting recap This past weekend, elected officers across the state met in Berkeley for UAW 4811’s first-ever Quarterly Joint Council meeting as an amalgamated local union. Officers discussed organizing plans in preparation for ASE bargaining in 2025, the...
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...
California state scientists are now part of UAW 💪
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 2023,...
UC agrees to fix hundreds of incorrect initial Postdoc appointments
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...
President Fain visits 4811 members // VW workers file for union election
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...
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...
UCD and UCSF Junior Specialists just won $130,000 in back pay
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...