United Auto Workers Local 2865

Following UC Berkeley's decision to extend its mask mandate by a week, some think it goes too far, while others think it doesn't go far enough.

Members of Student Researchers United rallied in front of University House Wednesday, urging the UC system to recognize their petition to unionize.

Graduate student researchers rallied in front of the Oakland headquarters of the California Public Employee Relations Board, or PERB, on Monday morning to begin the process of certifying a new student worker union. 

With California bringing educators to the forefront of COVID-19 vaccination distribution, all UC employees are now eligible for the vaccination, including student employees and educators.

Alleged reduced teaching staff and longer office hour wait times are among the myriad problems for undergraduate and graduate student instructors, respectively uGSIs and GSIs, as a result of UC Berkeley budget cuts.

The nation’s low minimum wage could be costing the federal government more than $100 billion a year, a UC Berkeley Labor Center study published Thursday finds.

More than 30,000 United Auto Workers, or UAW, union members at UC campuses have planned actions in opposition to a proposal by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, or DHS, amending the length of time international students can stay in the United States before having to renew their visas, according to a joint press release from UAW Local 2865 and Local 5810.

GSIs in campus’s Online or On-campus Masters of Public Health, or OOMPH, program will receive tuition remission and health care benefits beginning this semester as a result of negotiations between the UC Berkeley School of Public Health and United Auto Workers, or UAW, Local 2865.

United Auto Workers Local 2865 filed an unfair labor practice charge Monday alleging that the UC system violated its labor contract by making a decision to only hire UC Berkeley graduate students residing in the United States for the upcoming fall semester.

Following a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announcement that international students will be required to take in-person classes to stay in the country, United Auto Workers Local 2865 is fighting back.