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University of California Postdoctoral Researchers UAW Local 5810

NYU Adjunct Faculty Contract Highlights

University of Washington Academic Student Employees UAW Local 4121

UAW Local 4121

UAW Local 5810

GEU-UAW Local 6950 at UConn

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Professors accuse Trump-Era "China initiative" of racially profiling Chinese scholars

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The China Initiative was launched in 2018 with the goal of combating economic espionage, trade secret theft and technology threats associated with China.
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UC is using union-busting tactics – including the false claim that thousands of Student Researchers (Fellows and Trainees) are students, not workers – to deny collective bargaining rights. Tell UC to stop delaying, recognize Student Researchers United-UAW, and start bargaining now! ADD YOUR NAME --> actionnetwork.org/petitions/recognize-sru-uaw-now/ #SameResearchSameRights ... See MoreSee Less

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SIGN THE PETITION: University of California just released their official excuse for refusing to recognize Student Researchers United-UAW with the false claim that some Student Researchers (Fellows and Trainees) are not workers.
Tell UC President Drake and UC Administrators that ALL Student Researchers are workers with the right to form a union. Stop delaying, recognize SRU and start negotiations now! Add your name to the petition below.
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Tell UC President Michael Drake and UC Campus Administrators: Recognize SRU-UAW now!

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A supermajority of Student Researchers chose to form a union, including Fellows and Trainees, who perform the same work for the same supervisors in the same labs, and make equal contributions to UC’...
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UC Postdocs and Academic Researchers help bring in BILLIONS of dollars to UC! ... See MoreSee Less

Campus funding for sponsored research tops $1 billion for first time

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Fiscal year 2020-2021 was a banner year for campus research and sponsored projects, thanks to a 50% increase in federal funding
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UAW5810UAW Local 5810@UAW5810·
14 Sep

UAW 5810 opposes the DOJ’s racist & discriminatory China Initiative, which began under Trump. It fuels racial profiling and anti-Asian hate, & unfairly targets Chinese visa applicants. Excluding qualified researchers from US universities harms research.
https://www.newsweek.com/professors-accuse-trump-era-china-initiative-racially-profiling-chinese-scholars-1628497

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“When I hear the UC administration claim that researchers like me “aren’t employees” when we have external grants, it sounds absurd.” -Elizabeth McCarthy. UC’s excuses ARE absurd… time to recognize SRU for ALL student researchers! http://bit.ly/SRUpetition #SameResearchSameRights

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Tell @UCPrezDrake that ALL Student Researchers are workers with the right to form a union. Stop delaying, recognize SRU and start negotiations now! http://bit.ly/SRUpetition
#SameResearchSameRights

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Check out this piece in @ScienceMagazine on the academic worker organizing movement featuring Student Researcher, Katie Augspurger, a biochemistry Ph.D. student at UCSF.
https://www.science.org/news/2021/08/amid-pandemic-disruptions-grad-students-push-unionize

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Time for @UofCalifornia to recognize our union. Over 1,000 Student Researchers rallied at all 10 campuses to tell UC: We’re ready to bargain!
Join our movement: http://www.sruuaw.org

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