UAW 2865

UAW Local 2865 - 19,000 Student workers strong

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.

Bargaining Update: UC wants labor order, ASEs want justice

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Workers returned to the negotiating table yesterday with bold demands to improve the working conditions of all Academic Student Employees (ASEs). 

After UC’s negotiators arrived late because they “couldn’t find the Zoom link,” UC kicked things off with proposals to restrict our right to a fair and speedy grievance process, including in cases of sexual harassment and discrimination. UC wants to put all grievances related to sexual misconduct on pause until a Title IX office completes an investigation, a process that can sometimes take well over a year. This is unacceptable. An independent grievance process has proven time and time again to be indispensable in offering survivor-centered recourse and protection from further harm. ASEs have fought hard to win these rights, and will fight again to keep them. 

In response, UAW 2865 Bargaining Team members presented new proposals for twelve contract articles. Workers presented ambitious demands that would transform the everyday working conditions of ASEs on every campus, including:

  • Access needs: a new collaborative process giving workers greater say over the necessary measures that the university must implement to make the workplace more accessible for ASEs with disabilities
  • Peer-led trainings: a new program for anti-harassment and anti-discrimination trainings developed and delivered by ASEs and for ASEs
  • Workload: a bold demand to shorten the workweek and give us greater control over our working conditions
  • Class sizes: a new article proposal to limit class sizes so ASEs can offer a higher quality education to our students
  • Labor peace: a demand to eliminate the “no strikes” clause in the contract and give workers greater power to address workplace issues through concerted action

Negotiations will continue next Thursday, April 7 at 1pm, where workers will present proposals on compensation, rent burden, and housing. 

For more details from yesterday’s meeting, reach out to your campus organizers and Bargaining Team representatives.

ASEs ratify the bargaining demands!

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The results are in: Academic Student Employees (ASEs) across UC have ratified the Initial Bargaining Demands! 4972 of our coworkers voted, with 98% in favor of major improvements to wages, housing, equity and job security. Late last night, these demands were submitted to UC, and this vote shows that ASEs are serious, unified, and organized in our fight for the university we deserve. 

We’re not alone in demanding a more equitable, democratic, and accessible university! UC Postdocs in UAW 5810 have been bargaining for many of the same things since last summer, and UC Student Researchers, fresh off of a historic campaign for union recognition, are crafting initial demands for their first contract right now. We all need a living wage, accessible and truly affordable housing, and workplace free from harassment and discrimination.

To win these ambitious demands, we’ll need the collective power and action of each and every UC academic worker. Join your coworkers on January 22nd for a special Joint Council meeting with UAW 5810 and Student Researchers United to talk about how all UAW Academic Workers can work together and win.

End Human Rights Abuses in Palestine

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We join US and international labor organizations in expressing our sadness and our outrage at the Israeli military’s actions this past week in Palestine that began with forced evictions in Sheikh Jarrah and a violent attack on worshippers at the Al-Aqsa mosque, and the curtailment of Palestinian trade union activity. The events of this past week are not novel – they are part of the long-standing occupation of Palestinian lands that have used the tactics of violence and erasure to tell the world the false story that one people’s liberation requires another’s subjugation. We reject this.

As unionists, we believe that an injury to one is an injury to all. A commitment to the principles of unionism means we must embody this axiom in our workplace, our communities, and our global outlook. The labor movement must support the human rights of all people: safety, housing, employment, education. In this spirit we condemn evictions, occupation, and military aggression, and we stand with those fighting for peace, freedom, and equality. 

We call on our elected representatives to dismantle the structures of ongoing violence that enable displacement and police terror in Palestine, in the US, and across the globe. House Resolution 2590, supported by civil society organizations, unionists, and union allies, would end U.S. funding for the Israeli human rights abuses. 

We call for the passage of HR 2590 (The Palestinian Children & Families Act) alongside the Adalah Justice Project, CODEPINK, the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, and Representatives Pramila Jayapal, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cori Bush, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and others. 

We support Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network in their call for an international Day of Action on Tuesday, May 18 in solidarity with the Palestinian uprising and general strike. Find ways to take action and support the general strike in Palestine from where you are, and a calendar of ongoing solidarity actions across the world here. 

We recommit ourselves to the ongoing struggle for workers’ rights everywhere.

Find resources and ways to help at Jewish Voice for Peace and Islamic Relief Canada. Call on Secretary of State Tony Blinken to end the forced displacement of Palestinians from East Jerusalem. 

UAW 2865 Executive Board

March Executive Board Meeting

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The March Monthly Executive Board Meeting will take place Monday, March 29th from 12-2pm.

  1. Maryland Solidarity Letter (12-12:05)
  2. Organizing Updates (12:10-1:00)
    1. Organizing 
    2. Housing 
    3. International
    4. Anti-Policing 
    5. GND 
    6. Political Organizing 
  3. Legislative updates
    1. Bills to endorse/oppose
  4. Arbitrations (1:00-1:30)
  5. Administrative and Financial Updates (1:30-1:45)

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