UC Merced Academic Workers

Graduate Workers at UC Merced working in research and teaching, join our union now!

[Hüseyin Dogru @hussedogru_]

Thousands of workers at Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest chip maker and Korea’s biggest company, have launched an indefinite strike. Originally planned as a three-day action, the strike has extended indefinitely after management refused to engage in talks with the workers.

So far, over 6,540 members of the National Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU), the largest union at Samsung Electronics, have participated in the strike. The union represents about 30,000 workers, or 24% of all Samsung employees. The union’s demands include a 5.6% basic pay raise for all members, a guaranteed day off on the union’s founding day, and compensation for economic losses due to the strike.

Despite Samsung’s claims that the strike has not impacted production, the union reports disruptions on chip lines and that some equipment is running slower.

[UAW Labor for Palestine @uawlabor4pal]

UAW #Labor4Palestine Solidarity With UAW 4811 Strikers Against Illegal Court Order

[Berkeley Faculty Association @FacultyBerkeley]

Our statement condemning the violence against student protests across the country and
@UCLA. Thanks to @UCRiverside for providing a possible model for @UCBerkeley and @UofCalifornia
@UCPrezDrake to follow. https://t.co/idnbQVm62b
@TeresaWatanabe @EdSource @berkeleyside

[NYU Grade Strike @nyugradestrike]

BREAKING: Faculty have joined the strike pledge, joining graduate student workers in pledging to withhold final grades until @NYUniversity meets our demands.

Sign the pledge at https://t.co/J4d6FvHPOr

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

Our courageous postdoc research scientists deserve a strong first contract that expands housing access and meets their childcare needs. There is no research without the researchers.

Proud to stand with @spocuaw 💪🏽

[YDSA UC Merced 🌹 @ydsaucm]

Come out on Monday!

[Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib @RepRashida]

I am a proud daughter of the @UAW. It was an honor to stand alongside President @ShawnFainUAW and other union leaders calling for a ceasefire now. I wish my dad was alive to see his union demand peace and justice for all.

[Sinai Postdoctoral Organizing Committee-UAW @spocuaw]

Mount Sinai can do better. We're calling on the institution to improve gender equity by providing a childcare fund. #SinaiOnStrike

[In These Times @inthesetimesmag]

BREAKING: The @UAW is calling for a cease-fire, the largest U.S. union to do so. This is major news for both labor and the larger movement calling for a cease-fire, and could mark a sea change in what has so-far been the modest support from national labor unions for a cease-fire.

[Сeasefire Tracker @Ceasefire_Track]

✅ | The American Postal Workers Union has called for a #CeasefireNOW.

[FANG @FangCollective]

BREAKING. A group of healthcare workers interrupted Senator Jack Reed demanding an immediate ceasefire and calling out Israel’s targeting of hospitals and healthcare workers in Gaza.

[UCSD Graduate Workers United for Progress @gwup_ucsd]

GWUP stands in solidarity with Palestine. Universities are increasingly dangerous spaces for Palestinian workers and allies as racist, Islamophobic backlash proliferates in the wake of tragedy. Academic unions must speak out. Read our statement here: https://t.co/DSlwDWpXBB

[UCSD Graduate Workers United for Progress @gwup_ucsd]

It's time to talk about retaliation against union workers at UCSD. Here's a flyer to share with your coworkers, and a🧵for everyone else
https://t.co/2pIqfBE8uW

[UAW Archivist @UAW_Archivist]

Watercolor of an autoworker, from the pages of the @UAW’s Solidarity newspaper, 1967. From the union’s archives at the @ReutherLibrary.

[Grad Employees' Org UMich @geo3550]

Using campus cops to repress workers is something we're no strangers to at @UMich. That's why we stand in solidarity with academic workers at UCSD @uaw2865 and condemn UC for their unacceptable abuse of power. Read the statement here: https://t.co/kvlQeBU0tz

[UC Merced Academic Workers @UCMercedAW]

A statement from the UAW2865 Organizing Committee at UC Merced, in response to the contract violations perpetrated by @UCSanDiego. We are prepared to withhold labor if necessary.

[UAW 4811 @uaw_4811]

Join us tomorrow evening for a conversation about strike solidarity and AB504, the Picket Line Protection Bill! RSVP at https://t.co/KIq8znrtDa

[UC Merced Academic Workers @UCMercedAW]

The Teamsters Bargaining Team has passed a Tentative Agreement to the membership. As such, the event below is cancelled. If the membership votes to accept the contract, the strike is off!

https://t.co/QpWbgQWDgT

[UC Merced Academic Workers @UCMercedAW]

Last year, the @Teamsters at @UPS supported us by refusing to take packages across our picket lines. If they strike this fall, @uaw2865 will be ready to support them across the state. We have a hub here in Merced - make sure you're ready spring into action early August!

[UC Merced Academic Workers @UCMercedAW]

Last year, the @Teamsters at @UPS supported us by refusing to take packages across our picket lines. If they strike this fall, @uaw2865 will be ready to support them across the state. We have a hub here in Merced - make sure you're ready spring into action early August!

[Caltech Grad Students & Postdocs United @uaw_2478]

An international @BMBCaltech graduate student has been UNFAIRLY TERMINATED after reporting years of abuse, harassment, discrimination, & research misconduct of their PI.

Over 400 @Caltech students have signed a petition to demand the REINSTATEMENT of this graduate student.