UAW 2865

UAW Local 2865 - 19,000 Student workers strong

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UAW is hiring!

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UAW Higher Education Lead Data Organizer Job Description

Overview:

UAW represents over 80,000 academic workers across U.S. higher education institutions. UAW seeks dynamic individuals with the ability to direct research and manage data operations in support of one-to-one organizing, leader identification and worker participation in collective actions. Must have experience with databases, spreadsheets, and/or programming. Experience in student, community and/or labor organizing is also a plus. This is for a full time position with potential for long term employment. This position is remote. 

Job Duties:

  • Oversee efficient data entry from diverse sources into a central database
  • Develop data protocols that optimize research and data entry workflows
  • Collaborate on code repository to enable high-performance manipulation of the new database
  • Build, maintain and troubleshoot data system infrastructure to facilitate one-to-one organizing and organization of data collected during one-to-one organizing
  • Direct worker, working conditions, and employment policy research program
  • Coordinate with field staff and elected leadership to establish and prioritize data-related needs for UAW units and campaigns
  • Analyze, synthesize, and report on organizing-related data
  • Manage team of remote data organizers
  • Additional duties as assigned

Job Requirements:

  • Extensive experience managing and manipulating data in SQL or Python
  • Advanced usage of Google Sheets and/or Excel
  • Experience with relational databases, database queries/views and stored procedures
  • Keen attention to detail
  • Ability to work independently in a deadline-driven environment and take initiative on tasks
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences
  • Dedication and enthusiasm for the labor movement and social justice
  • Ability to work with a diverse workforce and collaborate as part of a team 

Preferred Skills:

  • Familiarity with programming in Postgres, Excel and/or Google Sheets
  • Experience with Google Apps Scripts and the Google Sheets API
  • Experience managing personnel
  • Experience with academia, particularly within the University of California system

Compensation: $78,150.44 per year for full time employment. Benefits include health insurance. Application: Women, people of color, international students, LGBTQIA are all encouraged to apply. Interested applicants should submit a resume/CV and brief cover letter with the subject line ‘Lead Data Organizer Position’ to lisa@uaw2865.org or the lead organizer working on their campus.

ASEs are winning key victories

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At the bargaining table, ASEs are winning greater control over our lives and futures.

  • Beat back the UC’s attempts to make it easier to discipline or dismiss workers. There must be just cause for an ASE to be disciplined or dismissed. 
  • Improved workers’ access to jobs by ensuring that all ASE appointment opportunities get posted to a central campus website.
  • Won the waiver of all UC English Language Test Fees. From now on, UC will cover these costs.
  • Won ASEs greater control over our future careers by ensuring that ASEs can add our own information to our Employment Files. Now supervisors can’t unilaterally influence the narrative.

5% won’t pay the rent!

The UC’s current proposal of a 5% raise is an effective pay cut given an inflation rate of 8.5%, and far from our demands to address rent burden.

  • Over 90% of ASEs are rent burdened. Rents are up 15% nationwide from last year, so without a cost of living adjustment and affordable housing options, our rent burden will only get worse.
  • Workers living in campus housing pay back more than 50% of their salaries to the UC for rent.
  • ASEs are demanding that our wages keep up with the rising cost of living. Our collective actions have pushed UC to put more money on the table than in the past, but it’s still not nearly enough.

UC continues to push for concessions, such as…

  • Delaying justice for survivors: UC has proposed indefinitely delaying harassment and discrimination grievances until Title IX’s interminable investigations are completed. UC’s proposal restricts survivors’ choices and takes away existing protections.
  • Weakening Job Security: UC wants to weaken ASEs’ job security by giving hiring units more leeway to withdraw verbal or informal employment offers.
  • Weakening protections against overwork: UC has proposed weakening ASEs’ workload rights by delaying resolution timelines and making it harder for workers to recover back pay for overwork.

ASEs continuing to fight to make progress in new areas 

  • Abusive Conduct/Respectful Work Environment 
  • Full waiver of campus fees and Non-Resident Supplemental Tuition
  • Limits on class sizes
  • Access needs
  • Fully funded transit and incentives for public transit use