by Justin | Sep 17, 2021 | Student Researchers United-UAW, University of California
“I had already heard stories of my co-workers being berated to the point of tears in front of their colleagues because, as international students, their English fluency wasn’t up to their advisors’ standards. But for whatever reason, all of that just...
by Justin | Jul 29, 2021 | SRU-UAW, Student Researchers, Student Researchers United-UAW
University of California student researchers have announced they have union authorization cards from a super-majority of 17,000 researchers throughout the UC system — one of the largest union drives in recent US history. We spoke to three of the researchers about why...
by Justin | Jun 25, 2021 | Organizing, Student Researchers United-UAW, UAW Local 2865
Forming a union doesn’t happen overnight. It requires hours of conversation, explanation, persuasion, follow-ups. For student researchers at the University of California, the process has been underway for months, and on Monday, May 24, their efforts resulted in a...
