Graduate students, postdocs, and other academic student employees are essential to the teaching and research mission of the University of California, especially as undergraduate enrollments rise. Given the escalating costs of living in California, 48,000 people in the UC system represented by three unions–UAW 2865, UAW 5810, and SRU-UAW–are coordinating their fight for living wages, […]
This link is to a helpful PowerPoint presentation for 2022 For instructor use in undergraduate classes – UCSB COLA Presentation(1). Note that it may take a few moments to download. See slides below.
November 7, 2022 97.5% of voting UC Teaching Assistants, Teaching Associates, Readers, Researchers, andPostdocs have authorized a strike over UC’s unfair labor practices (ULPs). If theadministration continues to refuse to bargain in good faith and resolve the ULP suits,workers across all UC campuses will go on strike starting November 14th, 2022. We areasking for faculty […]
UAW 2865, UAW 5810, and SRU-UAW Strike Fall 2022 [updated Nov 8th] Dear faculty colleagues, 48,000 Academic Student Employees at the University of California represented by three unions have authorized a strike action with a vote of more than 97.5% in support. Extended negotiations with the UC administration have resulted in almost 30 Unfair Labor […]