Bargaining Update: Strike begins next week
In this email: Sign up for strike pay: click here for times and locations on your campus, as well as remote sign up for workers who do not live near a UC campus and workers who have access needs that prevent them from attending in-person events Sign up for picket...
Strike Authorization Vote Begins on Wednesday✊
UC’s unlawful behavior is preventing progress on core bargaining issuesOn Wednesday, 48,000 Academic Researchers, Academic Student Employees, Postdocs and Student Researchers will begin Strike Authorization Votes in response to UC’s numerous unfair labor practices at...
Bargaining update: Movement from UC // Solidarity message from UAW President Ray Curry
Bargaining update: Progress on key articles but more action is needed!In recognition of workers’ growing power, UC made movement on key issue areas like disability justice, making its most meaningful proposals to date at the Postdoc and SR tables regarding interim...
Huge turn-out for mass meetings turns up pressure on UC!
UC Academic Workers turn out by the thousands!UC Academic Workers came out in massive numbers for membership meetings across the state last week, including over 1500 workers at UC Berkeley/LBL and over 1000 workers at UC San Diego. Words don’t do justice to what a...
Major victory on workplace bullying and abuse!
UC Academic Workers win a huge victory on bullying and workplace abuse!This week, all four groups of UC Academic Workers represented by UAW–Academic Researchers, Academic Student Employees, Postdocs and Student Researchers–reached tentative agreements with UC on...
Huge victory on bullying and abusive conduct + Let’s keep winning👊
WE WON BULLYING PROTECTIONS!First, the great news! After months of continued pressure by Postdocs and thousands of other UAW Academic Workers, we’ve reached a tentative agreement with UC on the Respectful Work Environment article of the contract. Finally, our contract...
BIG Bargaining News // Keep the Momentum Building!
Last week, Academic Student Employees, Postdocs and Student Researchers all had bargaining sessions with UC (Academic Researchers will have their next session this week), and after a summer of putting pressure on UC we saw some big results. RSVP now to join a...
Bargaining Update for the Week of Sept. 12
48,000 UAW Academic Workers at UC—Postdocs, Academic Researchers, Academic Student Employees and Student Researchers—are all currently bargaining new union contracts. This gives us a tremendous opportunity to win transformative improvements to working conditions...
Climate Justice town hall ft. Congresswoman Katie Porter – RSVP to attend
As California recovers from an extended, record-setting heatwave, UC Academic Workers are at the bargaining table fighting for clean transit benefits. Academic Researchers, Academic Student Employees, Postdocs, and Student Researchers have all proposed a solution that...
Help Win the Fight for Affordable Childcare for Postdocs
ICYMI: Recently in bargaining, UC’s team stated that they will be making a childcare subsidy proposal, which UC Postdocs have been fighting to win for many years. UC’s previous broken promises and inaction on this issue mean that we’ve got to ramp up the pressure to...