by UAW2865 | Mar 16, 2020 | #COLA4All, Wages and fair pay
By Tom Hintze, UAW 2865 Northern Vice President The Covid-19 crisis that is destabilizing our world is having a dramatic impact on workers at the University of California. At every campus, UC – our state’s largest employer – is now making fast and...
by UAW2865 | Mar 9, 2020 | #COLA4All, Wages and fair pay
This past week, UAW 2865 members voted overwhelmingly to ratify the COLA4All Bargaining Demands with 97% voting yes. Here are the full results: CampusVoting YesVoting NoTotal Member Votes Cast% Voting YesBerkeley6511967097%Davis325833398%Irvine250325399%Los...
by UAW2865 | Mar 6, 2020 | #COLA4All, Wages and fair pay
Santa Cruz – Assemblymember Mark Stone (D-Monterey), whose district includes UC Santa Cruz, was joined by ten of his colleagues today in sending a letter to University of California President Janet Napolitano encouraging “the University to reopen the collective...
by UAW2865 | Mar 2, 2020 | #COLA4All
“Rather than firing workers for standing up for fair wages to meet the high cost of housing they should sit down with the Union and bargain for a COLA and a fair resolution,” said Kavitha Iyengar, UAW 2865’s President. Berkeley – UAW Local 2865, the union...
by UAW2865 | Feb 28, 2020 | #COLA4All, Wages and fair pay
“Today we stand 100% in solidarity with those who were terminated at Santa Cruz,” said Kavitha Iyengar, President of UAW Local 2865, the union that represents more than 19,000 academic workers across the University of California system, including those who were fired....
by UAW2865 | Feb 28, 2020 | #COLA4All, Wages and fair pay
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Berkeley – Late yesterday, UAW 2865, the union for more than 19,000 student workers at the University of California, filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge (ULP) against the University of California at the Public Employment Relations Board’s...