Share your thoughts on combating workplace harassment – take the SRU bargaining survey

Harassment and discrimination are pervasive in higher education and at UC, where 59% of Student Researchers surveyed have witnessed harassment or discrimination. While UC verbally commits to equitable labs and workplaces, they offer very little remedy when faced with harassment. Share your thoughts on how to change this by taking a minute to fill out the SR Bargaining Survey.

Take the Student Researchers United bargaining survey

In my first year, my cohort experienced a shocking lack of action when we tried to address a professor behaving inappropriately. Now, I know that this is an all too common outcome. Student Researchers need a union with a contract that provides real protections, not just lip service – let us know what you want to see change by taking a minute to fill out the Student Researchers United bargaining survey.

Other unions, such as UAW 2865 (which represents TAs, Tutors, & Readers) and UAW 5810 (which represents Postdocs & Academic Researchers), have won contractual protections against harassment and discrimination. One of these protections is an independent grievance process (outside of Title IX) which includes survivor-centered remedies, interim measures, and timelines for action. If SRs come together and bargain a strong contract, we can win similar protections and more.

In solidarity,
Hayley Bounds, NSF GRFP Fellow
Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, UC Berkeley