Averted Strike: Contract Now Ratified

From the Bruin: Three United Auto Workers units ratified contracts with the UC on Friday, averting a strike after months of bargaining. The three units – UAW Local 4811’s academic student employees unit, Research and Public Service Professionals-UAW and Student Services and Advising Professionals-UAW – represent more than 40,000 UC academic and research employees, including teaching assistants. The ratification marks SSAP-UAW and RPSP-UAW’s first contracts with the University, while UAW Local 4811’s previous contract expired Feb. 28.

About 89% of academic student employees across the UC – and 85% at UCLA – voted to ratify the contract, as well as 98% of RPSPs and 99% of SSAPs, according to an email sent to UAW Local 4811 members. The units reached tentative agreements with the University on March 13 – just one day after their “last chance” demonstrations, which they held across UC campuses...

Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2026/03/20/united-auto-workers-units-finalize-agreements-with-uc-avoid-strike.