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UAW 5810 is the union of over 11,000 Postdoctoral Scholars and Academic Researchers at the University of California and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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Hundreds of University of Washington Postdocs
@uaw4121
and Researchers
@uwrunited
are rallying right now for
@UW
to stop breaking the law and bargain fair agreements! #FairContractsUW
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UW Researchers United
@uwrunited
And we! Are! Off! Mary Gates Hall is packed with RSEs, Postdocs and community supporters who are here to demand fair contracts NOW! #FairContractsUW #UWPostdocsRSEs #UWworksBCWeDo
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UW Research Scientists and Postdocs and community supporters rallying in Mary Gates Hall
A UW Research Scientists with a microphone in front of a crowd, and a sign that says "Fair Contracts Now!" above
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On Wednesday, April 26 @ 7 pm: Join UAW 5810 & other UC unions for a Zoom town hall. Mental health clinicians, students & stakeholders will discuss the growing mental health crisis on UC campuses & how we're collectively pushing UC admin to invest in the care we need. RSVP below
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UPTE-CWA 9119
@UPTECWA
64% of college dropouts directly associate their departure with mental health concerns. UC must support & retain the behavioral health workers that students rely on. Join our April 26 town hall to learn what we're doing to address this crisis: upte.org/mentalhealth
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We argued that the financial burden should not be on international workers—the government must adequately fund & streamline the agencies that process visas. The final rule was published in March & did not adopt the outrageous proposed fees, instead imposing only minor increases.
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UAW Region 6
@uawregion6
Solidarity is power & the right to respect picket lines is a 1st amendment right no employer should be able to take away. UAW members are proudly sponsoring AB 504 (Reyes) to enshrine that right into CA public sector law. Yesterday it passed committee - now on to appropriations!
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Check out this piece by UAW 5810 President Neal Sweeney: After the first-ever strike by Postdocs anywhere, UC Postdocs have made incredible strides to improve the Postdoc experience through our union—and there's more work to do.
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nature
@Nature
Correspondence: Postdoc unions can help secure a brighter future go.nature.com/41dmals
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AFSCME Local 3299
@afscme3299
Unlike 
@UofCalifornia
, we believe housing 🏡  is a human right & not a get-rich-quick-scheme 💸 for billionaires and corporations.  At UCI Douglas Hospital, we’re putting UC on notice: Rent increases & tenant evictions are not a “capitalistic win” to gloat about!
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AB 504, a bill co-sponsored by UAW and Teamsters that would protect workers’ rights to respect picket lines has made it out of PERS Committee today! Today, members of UAW 5810 and
@uaw2865
joined union members from across California in Sacramento to speak in favor of the bill!
Union members from UAW 2865 in red shirts and UAW 5810 in blue shirts together with Teamsters, SEIU, and Assemblymember Reyes stand in a row after the PERS Committee hearing on AB 504.
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UCLA 11:30 AM-1:30 PM Luskin Center 11:30 AM-1:30 PM Santa Monica Hospital UCSF 11:30 AM-1 PM Mission Bay 12-1:30 PM Parnassus UCD 11 AM - 1 PM UCD Med Center 11 AM - 12 PM Campus, The Arc Bldg UCB 12 - 1:30 PM California Hall UCSC 12 - 1:30 PM Kerr Hall
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Action times and locations by campus: UCSD 11AM -1PM Hillcrest Med Center 11:30 AM -1:30 PM Jacobs Medical Center 12:00 PM Campus 7th Admin Bldg UCI 11 AM-1:30 PM Medical Center, The Douglas Building UCR 10 AM - 1 PM Campus Bell Tower
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Action Alert📢On Wed. April 12, come out to support the thousands of UC workers
@afscme3299
who are barely getting by and fighting for a pay raise, including a $25 min. wage for **ALL** UC workers. Action details below⬇️
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AFSCME Local 3299
@afscme3299
We're demanding UC raise the minimum wage to $25/hr for ALL UC workers + 5% for 3299 members already at $25/hr. Join OUR FIGHT for $25/5% TOMORROW at an action at your local campus or med center! Check our IG stories (afscme_3299) for locations & more information.
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TAKE ACTION! Wed. April 12th. We need $25/5% now! UCSD Chancellor Khosla will receive a $500,000 raise this year. Chancellors, who already make an average of $320 per hour AND get free on-campus housing, will now get financing assitance to buy themselves homes. We deserve a raise too. We are barely getting by. We deserve more. We are worth more. We will fight for it until we win! WE DEMAN $25/5% NOW!
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@UAW5810
Neal called out 3 key areas that need to be improved related to job security: appt lengths and protections against unfair termination, addressing harassment and bullying, and ensuring that workers have a free and fair choice to form a union.
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Tune in at 7:34 to hear UAW 5810 President Neal Sweeney on an NIH panel about how to improve the Postdoc experience. He offered recommendations on job security & urged the NIH to take a leading role in ensuring the sustainability of the research system 🧵
videocast.nih.gov
ACD Postdoc Working Group Listening Session: Job Security, Career Prospects, and Quality of Life
Ensuring the future of U.S. competitiveness and innovation in biomedical research is of utmost importance to NIH. A new Advisory Committee to the NIH Director (ACD) Working Group was recently...
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@UAW5810
After our historic strike at UC, we know how much power there is when thousands of workers come together to win the rights and protections they deserve. In solidarity with
@ruaaup
in your fight for a fair contract. #RUOnStrike
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Rutgers AAUP-AFT Academic Worker Union
@ruaaup
Good Morning @RutgersU! Its day 284 w/o a contract but it is also DAY ONE ON STRIKE! We are moved & motivated by the huge show of action & support from members, students, coworkers and partners in the community. TOGETHER WE ARE STRONG & WE WILL WIN a #FairContractNow! #RUOnSTRIKE
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UC Student-Workers Union UAW 2865
@uaw2865
UCSD told workers they can only afford 85% of the typical number of TA jobs next year. Meanwhile, the UC Regents voted to give Chancellor Pradeep Khosla a $500,000 raise.
@UofCalifornia
has the money for our contract. They just lack the will to implement it
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Maya Gosztyla 🧠🔬
@MayaGosztyla
Pradeep Khosla, the Chancellor of @UCSanDiego, just got a $500k raise. His salary is now over $1.1 million dollars. He also lives in university-provided housing, free of charge. Meanwhile, the workers who run this university are still fighting for a living wage. Disgusting.
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Sarah Arveson (UNION MADE)
@stealyrcarbon
UC Berkeley was trying to retaliate against our union
@UAW5810
by using our newly won longer initial appointments to deny hiring Jess. We won’t let UC punish Postdocs for fighting for better working conditions, and we will enforce our rights!
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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them)
@jfmclaughlin92
just want to shout-out @UAW5810 for their assistance– thanks to their help, yesterday i finally (!) received my official postdoc appointment from UC. i'm so relieved to finally officially be a postdoc 😭 unions rock, y'all
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Big win for University of Michigan graduate workers
@geo3550
who aren't backing down in their fight for a fair contract. Show your support & donate to their strike fund here: givebutter.com/GEOStrikeFund
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Grad Employees' Org UMich #OnStrike
@geo3550
At today's hearing, the judge refused to issue a temporary restraining order against GEO. This is a HUGE WIN for the union - we continue to organize, strike, and pressure the University to meet our demands at the bargaining table. They can lie, they can sue, but UM works because… Show more
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@UAW5810
Grad student workers at the University of Alaska are fired up and ready to vote for their union!
@agwa_uaw
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AGWA/UAW
@agwa_uaw
We're ready for a vote! 🗳 Graduate students and allies marched last week to demonstrate our support for a graduate worker union and a timely vote. Thanks to everyone who came and marched with us to @UAlaskaPres office. #StrongerTogether #UnionStrong #PayGradStudents
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Crowd of people in UA's President's Office
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Man holding a sign that reads "pay grad students not lawyers"
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@UAW5810
Yesterday, members from
@UAW2865
and UAW 5810 attended a Budget Subcommittee Hearing on Higher Education Finance. Members offered public comment on the alarming proposed cuts we have been hearing about from many campuses, which UCOP continues to deny.
Large group photo of UAW members in attendance at the Budget Hearing on Higher Education Finance. There is large text on the image which reads, "Fully Funded UC" and underneath it says, "2865 Members attend Budget Hearing on Higher Education Finance."
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Insightful analysis about the importance of Postdoc pay keeping up with the cost of living, and increasing transparency around Postdoc salaries and benefits. Read the twitter thread and their piece in Nature: nature.com/articles/s4158
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Mayank Chugh
@mayank_mchugh
📢Proud to share our postdoc case study at @harvardmpa1 @harvardmed with 1200 postdocs is online now @NatureBiotech🧵 We talk of postdoc shortage, inclusive excellence & retaining postdocs without acting on what has been said repeatedly. @NIH rdcu.be/c5HAx 👇👇👇
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@UAW5810
Bay Area members! Join
@OaklandEA
tomorrow, Wed 3/15 from 2-6PM at Lake Merritt Amphitheater to support Oakland teachers’ bargaining for the common good demands. Solidarity!!
Join educators at the Lake Merritt Amphitheater on Wed, March 15 from 2pm - 6pm to demand that OUSD bargain in good faith! Four years ago, our historic 2019 strike won major victories that helped us see our power. Now, we are bargaining a new contract to build on those wins. Unfortunately, the District's bargaining team is not taking our demands seriously. It's time they hear our voices. Safe: OUSD needs to reinvest in preventative restorative justice policies and practices. OUSD must protect our students from heat waves and other climate crises. Stable: Our students need experienced teachers with deep roots in the community. To stop losing our teachers to school districts with much higher salaries, OUSD must pay our teachers fairly. Racially Just: We must stop racist school closures. OUSD must also fund and carry out the Reparations 4 Black Students resolution.
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@UAW5810
Academic Workers: Don't miss this opportunity. Apply before March 31.
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UAW Region 6
@uawregion6
Apply today for Our Labor, Our Movement – the new UAW Region 6 organizer training program! Participants in the 3 month, full-time program will receive training and hands-on experience on an organizing campaign in CA or WA. Apps due March 31. More info at: tinyurl.com/UAWR6-OLOM
Flyer with info about the Our Labor, Our Movement program (included in text of post), along with a photo of a large group of Region 6 members in a meeting hall, and the UAW wheel logo.
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@UAW5810
Interested in organizing? Check out this opportunity and apply for the Our Labor, Our Movement – a new UAW Region 6 organizer training program.
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UAW Region 6
@uawregion6
Apply today for Our Labor, Our Movement – the new UAW Region 6 organizer training program! Participants in the 3 month, full-time program will receive training and hands-on experience on an organizing campaign in CA or WA. Apps due March 31. More info at: tinyurl.com/UAWR6-OLOM
Flyer with info about the Our Labor, Our Movement program (included in text of post), along with a photo of a large group of Region 6 members in a meeting hall, and the UAW wheel logo.
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