by Justin | Jun 22, 2021 | Graduate Workers, Organizing, UAW Local 2865
Across the University of California, teaching assistants and tutors are unionized, but graduate student researchers are not. That could soon change, after organizers filed more than 10,000 signed union authorization cards with the California Public Employment…
by Justin | May 24, 2021 | Graduate Workers, Organizing, UAW Local 2865
A quiet campaign by UAW organizers at the University of California ended Monday with more than 10,000 signed cards officially submitted to authorities that would create the Student Researchers United-UAW, representing more than 17,000 higher education workers. These…
by Justin | May 19, 2021 | UAW Local 2865
I’m a graduate student researcher at UC Berkeley, and in May 2017, I was burned in a chemical spill in my thesis lab. I received minimal support from UC Berkeley while seeking treatment for and recovering from my injuries, and in the aftermath of the accident, I was…
by Justin | Mar 22, 2021 | Graduate Workers, UAW Local 2865
Graduate students already living on campus will not be subject to the largest rent hikes planned for this summer, but the 3 percent increase is still concerning for many who live on limited stipends from the university, including Alli Carlise, a member of the UAW 2865…
by Justin | Jan 25, 2021 | UAW Local 2865
“The minimum wage hasn’t been increased, but the cost of food, the cost of health care, the cost of child care, rent, the cost of everything else, has increased,” said study co-author Jenifer MacGillvary. “When their incomes don’t go up but their expenses do, they…
by Justin | Dec 4, 2020 | Graduate Workers, UAW Local 2865
Carlos Cruz was paying $1,550 per month to live in a 750-square-foot garage-studio without insulation in Santa Cruz while earning a salary of $18,000 per year as a graduate student teaching assistant at University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). He was barely…
