“We are thrilled to welcome the UC Student Researchers into the UAW.” The UAW negotiation record speaks for itself, she said. UAW Vice President Cindy Estrada, head of the UAW Organizing, Women’s and Chrysler departments, said in a statement, “Workers in higher education are organizing because standing together is the best way to address workplace challenges like low wages, unstable benefits and persistent harassment and discrimination. Student Researchers United-UAW will represent about 17,000 members on 10 UC campuses. Researchers said they want a contract that helps gender parity, secures protections for international workers, and acknowledges researchers’ contributions, the news release said.Īn estimated 250 University of California student researchers submit more than 10,000 union cards to the California Public Employee Relations Board, 1330 Broadway, in Oakland, California on Monday, May 24, 2021. Organizers began gathering signatures in the fall and made a final push this spring. “Our people are studying cancer, other diseases, microbiology, computer science, computing and psychology and more,” Augspurger said. The UAW has earned a reputation among higher education workers and professionals including lawyers and engineers for negotiating strong contracts with extensive safety protections.Īcademic workers often mention that researchers have one boss in a lab who can potentially eliminate earned time off or make threats that can ruin careers with little recourse. “We would like to see similar strides in working conditions, establishing protection against harassment and discrimination and establishing a grievance procedure.”Īlready the UAW has a strong presence on UC campuses as well as other schools, particularly on the East and West Coasts. “The UAW has a proven track record for improving working conditions for its academic workers,” she told the Free Press. “Organizing during COVID was a challenge, but nearly everyone we spoke with felt strongly that using our collective voice to improve working conditions would improve our lives and the quality of research.”Īugspurger, 26, is in her third year studying proteins on the outside of the nucleus and their role in stem cell development, which helps in the study of aging. “We are so proud to have signed union cards from more than 60% of our colleagues,” Katie Augspurger, a graduate student researcher in the Buchwalter Lab at UCSF, said in a news release.
Their work nets millions of dollars in grant money to help the UC system maintain its role as a world leader in securing patents.
These researchers, who get paid by the university, have finished their undergraduate studies and now work toward earning a Ph.D. Organizers made a point of noting that every site has been actively involved in collecting union cards. The action means the UAW would represent all 10 UC campuses and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Student Researchers United-UAW would represent about 17,000 members on 10 UC campuses. This sends an important message of integrity to all the members, officers, and staff of the UAW.University of California student researcher march Monday to submit more than 10,000 cards to the California Public Employee Relations Board at 1330 Broadway in Oakland, California. Curry repaid the money and issued a public apology. “In an abundance of caution to further transparency and remove any question of impropriety, Mr. There is no reason to doubt that this was a legitimate trip to Florida taken by Curry on UAW business and that the tickets were incidental,” Masters said. “The exoneration of UAW President Curry, after two independent investigations…shows the UAW operating at its highest ethical standard. Marick Masters, a professor at the Mike Ilitch School of Business at Wayne State University said the UAW is positioned well moving ahead. Still, Curry reimbursed the union $1,900 in May 2021 – the face value of all four tickets to the game between the University of Alabama and Clemson University – after questions surfaced during a federal review of union practices at the conclusion of a long-term corruption investigation. Use of the tickets, a perk commonly included for media clients who purchase advertising packages, had been determined not to constitute a violation of UAW policies. UAW President Ray Curry has been cleared of wrongdoing after a months-long inquiry into his use of football tickets to attend the College Football Playoff National Championship game obtained as part of an advertising buy before he became president in 2021.
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