by Student Researchers | Feb 4, 2021 | Updates
February 4, 2021 Access to affordable housing is a long-standing problem for Student Researchers. For many, COVID-19 has exacerbated the issue. SRs are performing their research from home, oftentimes in overcrowded housing, a main vector by which the pandemic spreads....
by Student Researchers | Jan 18, 2021 | Updates
January 18, 2021 Today we commemorate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. When Dr. King was assassinated, he was visiting Memphis, Tennessee, in support of striking sanitation workers organizing with AFSCME (a union that today represents thousands of workers at...
by Student Researchers | Jan 12, 2021 | Updates
January 12, 2021 Academic employees have advocated for the rights of parents at UC for years, and Postdocs and Teaching Assistants haveeven won significant paid parental leave time, safe lactation spaces, and childcare reimbursements through their union contracts....
by Student Researchers | Dec 2, 2020 | Updates
December 2, 2020 Have you or someone you know been paid late? We have heard that many Student Researchers (SRs) across the state have been paid late or incorrectly. With a union, SRs can negotiate the contractual right to timely pay; a right secured by Postdocs and...
by Student Researchers | Oct 15, 2020 | Updates
October 15, 2020 Over the last few weeks Student Researchers at UC campuses across the state have been signing SRU / UAW union authorization cards to form a union so we can negotiate as equals with UC. Check out this video of Student Researchers signing the first...
