ARs Rally for a fair contract!
Yesterday, UC Berkeley ARs rallied at UCB’s California Hall to demand that UC Administration negotiate a fair contract now! UC Berkeley Academic Researchers, Postdocs and Academic Student Workers at the conclusion of the rally. Berkeley ARs’ message to the...
VICTORY: UCLA has agreed to renew Sandra’s appointment ✊🎉
Sandra, along with Postdoc and Academic Researcher supporters. The crowd at yesterday's rally. This is what solidarity looks like. This is what union power feels like. Yesterday afternoon, UCLA agreed to renew UCLA Postdoc Sandra Koch’s appointment. We...
Daily Bruin Condemns UCLA’s Discrimination Against Sandra
Please read this powerful piece from the Daily Bruin's editorial board taking UCLA to task for their pregnancy discrimination against Sandra. Click the link to read or scroll down: Editorial: Pregnancy discrimination looms large at UCLA, forces women out of academia...
Help Stop UCLA from Destroying a Postdoc’s Career
Sandra Koch, a Postdoc in neurobiology at UCLA, is facing a horrific case of retaliation in response to a pregnancy discrimination grievance that she filed last year. Will you please take a minute to sign our petition demanding that UCLA immediately stop this...
May Update: Parental Leave Rights
In our 2016 contract negotiations, UC Postdocs fought for — and won — expanded Paid Parental Leave for all new parents. But UC administrators are often misinformed about our parental leave rights. Here are the facts! And if you have any questions, send an...
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 May 2, 2019, no more than one (1) member accepted nomination for the following positions. The candidates, being UAW...
Notice of Nomination and Vacancy Election for UAW 5810
We will be holding a vacancy election to fill positions within the union leadership. The strength of our union is built upon a democratic foundation – UAW 5810 is a union of Postdocs and for Postdocs. If you are interested in taking a leadership role in the...
April Update: How We Enforce Hard-won Rights
UC San Diego Postdocs deliver a letter to UCSD Administration on behalf of a Postdoc grievant. Let’s say it’s your one-year anniversary as a Postdoc. You have been looking forward to the salary increase guaranteed by our contract, but when you look at your...
UC drops opposition to ARU / UAW 5810 😃💪🎉
Last Friday, after months of stalling, UC finally dropped its opposition to Academic Researchers United / UAW Local 5810. This means that the path is now clear for UC Academic Researchers (ARs) to be certified by the Public Employment Relations Board and begin...
20 Members of Congress Urge UC to Recognize ARU / UAW 5810
Earlier this year, a group of Academic Researchers and Postdocs reached out to our state and congressional leaders to let them know that UC was stalling on recognizing ARs' union. Yesterday, thanks to collective action, twenty members of Congress led by Representative...