UC Inches Toward A Better Contract; Miles Of Progress To Go

We also exchanged proposals with the administration over workload and appointment notification. Although we had productive discussions about our concerns on workload and appointment notification issues, the administration’s proposals only address vague possibilities rather than enforceable rights.

The administration moved towards our proposal to address the concern that many employees are working unreasonably long hours to finish work, typically during midterms and finals weeks. Unfortunately, their proposal excluded readers and tutors, while the protections for TAs were too weak to be acceptable.

Our website has been recently updated. There you can find contact information for your campus’s bargaining team members or check out the current contract. You can also read a summary of the initial proposals that the union and the administration exchanged at the start of bargaining in the spring. Our next bargaining session with the administration will take place August 7-9.

In solidarity,

UAW 2865 Bargaining Committee

Tarone Bittner, Davis Unit Chair
Toi Carter, Riverside Recording Secretary
Meaghan Chadwick, Merced Unit Chair
Clinton Christensen, San Diego Recording Secretary
Cassandra Engeman, Santa Barbara Recording Secretary
Michelle Gallagher, Los Angeles Unit Chair
Tim Gutierrez, Davis Recording Secretary
Adam Hefty, Santa Cruz Recording Secretary
Samantha Iyer, Berkeley Recording Secretary
Jamie Keeton, Los Angeles Recording Secretary
Daraka Larimore-Hall, Santa Barbara Unit Chair
Christine Petit, Riverside Unit Chair
Dan Roth, Berkeley Unit Chair
David Selby, San Diego Unit Chair
Sara Smith, Santa Cruz Unit Chair
Coral Wheeler, Irvine Recording Secretary

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