From the Daily Bruin: Union members representing UC academic and research employees said at a demonstration Thursday that they plan to strike as soon as next week if the University does not meet their contract demands. United Auto Workers represents more than 40,000 UC employees across three bargaining units, which are currently in negotiations with the University – UAW Local 4811’s academic student employees units, Research and Public Service Professionals-UAW and Student Services and Advising Professionals-UAW. The union authorized an unfair labor practice strike Feb. 13, with more than 93% of voting members authorizing the vote and announced a “last chance picket” on its accounts Feb. 23.
...UAW Local 4811 has filed multiple unfair labor practice charges against the UC, alleging that the University unilaterally increased fees on certain graduate programs, failed to sufficiently respond to more than 50 requests for information pertinent to bargaining and capped teaching assistant appointments. RPSP-UAW and SSAP-UAW also filed ULP charges against the UC for alleged bad faith bargaining and failures to respond to information requests. Heather Hansen, a UC Office of the President spokesperson, said in a Wednesday statement that the University strongly disagrees with the union’s ULP claims. RPSP-UAW and SSAP-UAW are both currently in the process of negotiating their first contracts, and UAW Local 4811 – whose current contract expired Feb. 28 – began negotiating its contract in July 2025...
Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2026/03/12/uc-uaw-units-may-strike-as-soon-as-next-week-if-university-doesnt-meet-demands.
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