UAW 2865

​​Weeks of bargaining on wages, fee remissions and hiring levels for academic student employees, or ASEs, in EECS and data science courses have pushed ASEs’ labor union to put forth its “last,” “best” and “final” contract offer to UC Berkeley.

Hardly able to agree even on what can be done, how can those who live and work across 10 different campuses agree on what should be done?

After weeks of bargaining, UC Berkeley and UAW 2865 remain split on wages, fee remission and hiring levels for EECS and data science course staff. 

About 60 academic workers, students, faculty, staff and Union Auto Workers, or UAW, 2865 leaders convened at Li Ka Shing Center on Wednesday to discuss the impacts and potential redress of cases of staff overwork in EECS and data science courses in a town hall meeting. 

Since the strike ended, UAW 2865 and SRU-UAW members and leaders have disputed union election practices, strike strategy and the impact of their new labor contracts on their thousands of representees.

Despite the new contract agreements reached following the historic six-week UC academic workers strike, many have expressed disappointment relating to the “significant concessions” that were made to reach an agreement with the UC.

After six weeks of striking, academic employees represented by United Auto Workers, or UAW, 2865 and SRU-UAW voted to ratify the tentative agreements with the University of California on Friday — bringing an end to the largest academic workers strike in U.S. history. 

On Friday, the five-day vote to ratify a tentative agreement between academic workers represented by United Auto Workers, or UAW, 2865 and the Students Researchers Union, or SRU, and the University of California will come to an end.

The December UC Board of Regents Health Services Committee meeting was disrupted within 5 minutes by UAW 2865 and SRU protesters.

Multiple arrests were made following the disruption of the UC Board of Regents meeting by striking academic workers earlier this morning. This week marks the fifth week of the largest academic workers strike in U.S. history.