To address the COVID-related workplace changes facing academic student employees, and issues related to UAW 2865’s Unfair Labor Practice charges against UC, there will be a Joint Council Meeting on Sunday, April 5th at 10am via zoom. Access information here. Agenda forthcoming.
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Spring 2020 Vacancy Election
Your union is holding its April Vacancy Elections to fill vacant Executive Board and Joint Council positions. The election will take place on April 2-3, 2020. An invitation to a secret and secure ballot will be sent to you from a secure online voting platform, Simply Voting (vote@simplyvoting.com), on Thursday April 2nd, 2020. Voting will […]
Covid-19 Crisis Makes One Thing Clear: We Need a COLA Now More Than Ever
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 unilateral changes to how and where we work to limit the spread […]
April Vacancy Elections
Your union is holding its April Vacancy Elections to fill vacant Executive Board and Joint Council positions. The election will take place on April 2-3, 2020, with a potential delay pending coronavirus shutdown of campuses. Please read on for information about the election and instructions on how to accept the nomination if you are interested in running […]
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 […]