UPDATES
Demands on transit and dependent healthcare
Tuesday at the bargaining table, we won strong agreements on job posting, worker evaluations, and health/safety, and we demanded big and needed improvements to transit and dependent healthcare — but UC was again focused on rolling back our rights. That’s why...
April Eboard Meeting
The Executive Board will hold its April monthly meeting Wednesday, April 27 at 3pm. All members are welcome to join. Zoom link here.
April 7 Bargaining Update
With hundreds of Academic Student Employees (ASEs) in attendance, Bargaining Team members met with UC late last week to propose transformative changes to our contract aimed at lifting all ASEs out of rent burden. Over 250 workers shared testimonials about their...
Spring 2022 Vacancy Elections
Your Local will be holding the upcoming April Vacancy Election on April 21-22, 2022 to vote for campus Joint Council positions and International Delegate positions. The campuses that will be holding elections are as follows: Berkeley | Los Angeles | Riverside Click...
Bargaining Update: UC wants labor order, ASEs want justice
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...
March 16 Bargaining Update
On March 16, members of the UAW 2865 bargaining team proposed huge improvements to the current childcare article. This is a demand that would transform the lives of parent workers and their families by making on-campus childcare free to workers year-round, and by...
March 2nd Bargaining Update
On March 2nd, Academic Student Employees (ASEs) sat down with UCOP in the first episode of our contract fight to end rent burden and win a fairer, better university. Four of our union’s bargaining team members delivered slides showing the appalling...
Breaking: UC issues its own set of bargaining priorities
The contract fight is officially underway! Academic Student Employees (ASEs) have put initial demands to UC, and UC has now responded with proposals of their own. Here’s how things stand between the two positions right now: There is an enormous difference between UC’s...
February Rallies Against Rent Burden
UAW 2865, UAW 5810, and Student Researchers United-UAW are teaming up to demand an end to rent burden for academic workers in the UC system. Click below for more information about the rally on your campus! Rally Against Rent Burden!
UAW 2865 is hiring!
Winter 2022 Organizer in Training Program UAW 2865 (the Union of TAs, Readers, and Tutors) and UAW 5810 (the Union of Postdocs and Academic Researchers) are hiring temporary paid organizers to build union membership and participation to support contract negotiations...