Locals UAW 2865 & UAW 5810 are now UAW 4811, the union of 48,000 academic workers at UC
Jun 5 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
13 years ago, condemned for its violent response to protest, UC adopted new, more humane policies. Faced with the largest anti-war movement in years, it changed them back. Now UAW 4811 members are striking over this serious ULP and others. 🧵
1/uaw4811.org/ucs-u-turn
Last week, UC returned to the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) to ask for an injunction against our ULP strike. Yesterday, PERB once again ruled that our strike can continue, and issued a thorough complaint against the university’s serious ULPs. 2/
Nov 21, 2023 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
🧵On October 28th, 2023, our Local Unions passed a statement calling for a #CeasefireNOW and an end to the occupation of Palestine. In the past 41 days alone, Israeli bombs have claimed over 11,000 lives in Gaza. 1/6uaw2865.org/ceasefirenow/
For the last eighteen years, Gaza has been the site of an escalating humanitarian calamity. Walled in by the Israeli occupation, more than two million Palestinians in the most densely-populated place on earth struggle to make a life amid bombing, deprivation, and joblessness.
Nov 12, 2022 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Did you see this? @UofCalifornia Executive Vice President Michael Brown wrote a letter to the editor of the LA Times in which he offers 'a full picture of the University of California system’s fair proposal to academic employees.' (1/10)
'salaried teaching assistants, who are part-time employees, would make between $24,874 and $30,893 to work 50% time, a 7% increase in the first year.'
WHAT?!! (2/10)
Nov 12, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Watch this 🧵with videos from bargaining team members from all four bargaining teams answering some FAQs! Or find them all here: fairucnow.org/bteams/ #FairUCnow
Who's on the bargaining teams?
