The UAW 2865 Monthly Eboard meeting will take place this Sunday. Here is a link to the agenda with the call in information. Every member in good standing can attend!
Anti-Sexual Harassment/Sexual Violence
UAW 2865 won new and groundbreaking protections against sexual harassment and racial discrimination in our 2018-2022 contract.
The #MeToo movement has focused attention on the rampant sexual harassment student workers face, with many cases at the University of California highlighting the failure of administrators to remove harassers and ensure the protection of survivors and their careers.
As part of this movement, UAW 2865 members mobilized during contract negotiations and won survivor-centered protections which can be pursued as alternatives to the flawed Title IX process. The new discrimination protections include interim measures so that student-workers who have reported harassment or discrimination can continue working and learning in a safe environment. The campaign also won the right of student-workers to choose to use the Union grievance process concurrently with a Title IX investigation.
To continue the movement and to ensure that these new rights are enforced and available to all student workers on UC campuses, join your coworkers in the statewide Sexual Harassment & Sexual Violence committee.
Have you or a colleague experienced–or are currently experiencing–sexual or racial discrimination in the workplace? Contact your union.
Say Their Names
With rage and sadness we mourn the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and so many more, and honor the uprising sweeping across the country. Academic Student Employees (ASEs) and members of other UC unions have been impacted by racist policing in our workplace for years. Last February, UC Irvine police arrested a […]
UAW Academic Workers Respond to Betsy DeVos’s Misguided Title IX Rules
The Trump administration and Betsy DeVos aren’t letting the COVID-19 crisis slow their efforts to weaken the rights of survivors of sexual assault and harassment. Despite strong opposition, which was voiced by the UAW and tens of thousands of people during the public comments process last year, DeVos issued new Title IX regulations last week […]
Info on UC Job Protections Through June 30th
UC has clarified that its commitment to no-layoffs through June applies both to Academic Student Employees and Graduate Student Researchers. This is a victory for the student researchers, postdocs, and academic researchers who started this petition demanding UC take measures in response to COVID-19 to ensure the safety of researchers in labs, and also prevent […]
COVID-19: Your Union, Your Rights
Yesterday, the World Health Organization announced the Coronavirus/COVID-19 outbreak is a global pandemic. Every campus in the UC system has announced that instruction and exams will be moved online for some period of time to avert further transmission. UAW 2865 and UAW 5810 (our sibling union of Postdocs and Academic Researchers) have jointly issued a demand […]