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...

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...

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...