Update from COVID-19 bargaining #5, plus upcoming May Day events
Last Thursday, we met again with the UC bargaining team to bargain over impacts of COVID-19 on Postdocs and ARs. Click here for our bargaining progress chart. Here’s the update: Paid Leave Eligibility We asked UC to clarify its confusing guidelines about whether all...
Letter to Congress from UAW 5810 & 2865: Support research during COVID-19
NEW: Paid Leave options and job/pay guarantees
We have made significant progress through bargaining with UC over the impacts of COVID-19. Click here for a chart showing the wins and current status of our union’s bargaining demands, and read on for recent updates on paid leave, job protections, and visas. COVID-19...
Update: J-1 visas, no layoffs, paid leave, travel reimbursements
Here are the updates from the most recent COVID-19 bargaining session: J-1 visa extensions for some scholars due to COVID-19 US Department of State has issued an automatic 2-month extension of J-1 visas for scholars who have program end dates between April 1 – May 31,...
Update from COVID-19 bargaining session #2
We met again yesterday with UC via videoconference to bargain over changes in our working conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. UC had several responses to our demands we presented last week: Paid Leave - UC employees are included in a recently passed federal law...
Update from COVID-19 bargaining session #1
We met yesterday with UC via videoconference to bargain over changes in our working conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to the call, we developed bargaining demands; you can read the Postdoc demands here and the Academic Researcher demands here. During our...
COVID-19 UPDATES: Remote work, lab closure, tax deadlines, and more
Due to COVID-19 our working conditions are changing rapidly - here are the latest updates. If you have any questions about your rights and protections, contact your union at uaw5810@uaw5810.org and we are continually updating the Postdoc/AR COVID-19 Guide, which...
COVID-19, your union, your rights
On Wednesday, the World Health Organization announced the Coronavirus/COVID-19 outbreak is a global pandemic. Every campus in the UC system has announced that instruction and exams will be moved online for some period of time to avert further transmission. UAW 5810...
Vacancy 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 PST on February 13, 2020, no more than one (1) member accepted nomination for the following positions. The candidates, being...
BOOM: Postdoc salary scale going up by 4-5%
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...