Tag: UAW
Student workers shouldn’t have to sell their plasma to survive
Academic workers at the University of California aren’t unique in feeling the pain of the housing market in the state. This is an issue...
48,000 academic workers across the UC rise in unison for equitable...
On Tuesday, April 26, over 100 graduate students, academic workers and allies protested at Hinderaker Hall for a “fair workplace” under the UC system....
Student Researchers United rallies against rent burden
On Feb. 15, UC Academic Student Employees led a rally in front of the UCR Housing Office. The rally was organized by members of...
Student Researchers Union is now being recognized by the University of...
Following a rally that took place in October and an intent to strike, as of Dec. 9, 2021, the Student Researchers United-United Auto Workers...
The Highlander meets with Congress Members Mark Takano and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...
By: Madison Rheins, Editor-in-Chief and Fatema Shalabi, Managing Editor
Congress Members Mark Takano and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gathered with United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Workers members...
UCR graduate students continue to fight for cost-of-living adjustments despite move...
Like undergraduate students, graduate students have been impacted by the spread of COVID-19 and the subsequent moves by university administration to close...
AFSCME patient care and technical workers set to strike this April
Following an unfair labor practice lawsuit filed against the UC system last week by Patient Care Technical workers, who are represented by the American...
Student worker union bargains for Title IX reforms, wage increases
The United Automobile Workers Local 2865, which represents student employees, is currently in the process of contract bargaining with the University of California across...
“Our kind of power!”: UCR union members protest unfair working conditions
On Thursday, Feb. 1, UC employees and students assembled by the UCR Bell Tower to protest unfair working conditions in a demonstration organized by...
Graduate student union protests $208 quarterly gym fee
A small protest occurred at the grand opening of the newly built UCR Student Recreation Center (SRC) South last Friday over hikes in gym...