State Legislators Call On UC To Recognize Academic Researchers United / UAW Local 5810
Last Friday, thanks to outreach by Academic Researchers (Project Scientists, Researchers, Specialists, and Coordinators of Public Programs) over the past few weeks, state legislators representing UC campuses sent a letter to UC President Janet Napolitano urging UC to...
ARU / UAW 5810 Initial Bargaining Demands are Live!
UC Academic Researchers unveiled their Initial Bargaining Demands today! Click here to read: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ARU-IBD-Public These demands are based on feedback from over 2,400 bargaining surveys completed by a majority of ARs, as well as campus meetings...
Meeting with U.S. Representative Katie Porter
Today, our Union's president Anke Schennink, UC Academic Researchers and members of our sister local, UAW 2865, met with Congresswoman Katie Porter today to discuss UC's refusal to recognize more than 5,000 Academic Researchers who voted to join our union. It was a...
Academic Researchers United / UAW Local 5810 featured in Science Magazine
More high-profile coverage of our union to bring to your attention! This morning, Beryl Lieff Benderly, a long time Science Magazine correspondent, published a story on why Academic Researchers have joined UAW Local 5810. This is another powerful example of the ...
Today Our Union Submitted Public Comment in Opposition to the Trump Administration’s Proposed Changes to Title IX
Led by Education Secretary DeVos, the Trump administration has proposed changes that would severely weaken protections against sexual assault and harassment in academia. These changes would make it much harder for survivors to come forward and represent a massive step...
Take action to stop elimination of the UCSD Arriba Shuttle
It has come to our attention that UCSD administration has chosen to arbitrarily discontinue the Arriba/City shuttle. This decision means that any Postdoc who previously relied on this free service will now have to pay $55 a month to ride the SuperLoop. At our...
First Joint Council Meeting of 2019
This weekend in LA was our first Joint Council meeting of the year. Postdoc Union leaders from across the state discussed a variety of topics including exciting progress towards Academic Researchers United joining our union, recent contract enforcement wins, and...
Speak out against Trump Admin attacks on Sexual Harassment Protections
Led by Secretary Betsy DeVos, the Department of Education is trying to weaken protections against sexual assault and harassment (also known as Title IX protections). These changes would represent a huge step backwards in ending the crisis of sexual harassment in...
Happy New Year!
Postdoc Union members at our statewide membership meeting in October. 2018 was a big year for our union -- starting salaries went up by over $2500, we successfully enforced our rights and pushed for pro-science policies, we nearly doubled in size with the addition of...
Big Wins for Science in 2018 Midterm Election
UCSD Postdocs canvassed for (newly elected) US Representative Mike Levin The 2018 midterm election concluded just over one month ago, but since there were many close races, it took weeks before all the votes were counted and the winners were declared. But the results...