Today, the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) announced the results of the election to form Research and Public Service Professionals-UAW. In total, a majority of us (3,692 people) voted in this election, making it the highest participation union election in the country this year. And 3,080 people, 83% of us, voted pro-union. Now that PERB has officially certified the results of this election, we will all soon be able to begin negotiating for a first union contract together. This is a historic step forward for the University of California and all of us who work here.
There will be many next steps to kick off collective bargaining. The most immediate thing you can do to share your input and strengthen the bargaining process is to fill out your bargaining survey and share it with your colleagues. Nearly 1,000 people have already filled it out; add your voice if you haven’t yet! And look out for more information in the coming weeks.
If you have any questions about this election, feel free to book a meeting using this Calendly.
On behalf of the RPSP-UAW organizing committee,
Lee Einhorn, UCSF, Research Administrator
Austin Edwards. UCSF, Bioinformatics Programmer
Camille Dollinger, UCSF, Research Data Analyst
Sean Buchanan, UCSF, Research Administrator
Nicole Phan, UCSF, Project Policy Analyst
Carmen Middleton, UC Merced, Research Administrator
Winnie Tang, UC Santa Cruz, Project Policy Analyst
Erika Jensen-Solberg, UC Santa Cruz, Research Administrator
Daniel Bunis, UCSF, Bioinformatics Programmer
Joslyn Polzien, UCSF, Research Administrator
Jessica Stevermer, UCLA, Research Administrator
Anthea Mitchell, UCSD, Research Data Analyst
Lana McGinnis, UCSD, Research Data Analyst
Deanna Boys, UC Davis, Project Policy Analyst
Jessica Famula UC Davis, Project Policy Analyst
Brianna McGuire, UC Davis, Academic Program Management Officer
Nora Mascioli, UCSD, Research Data Analyst
Michael McCormack, UCLA, Research Data Analyst
Kimberly Schweigman, UCLA, Research Compliance Analyst
Julia Sloan, UCLA, Research Compliance Analyst
Tiffany Rose, UCLA, Research Compliance Analyst
Deborah Ferguson-Fitch, UCSF, Research Administrator
Anya Rosensteel, UCLA, Research Compliance Analyst
Greg Hester Senior Contract and Grant Officer, UC San Diego
Emma Jackson, UC Berkeley, Survey Researcher
Emily Flynn, UCSF, Bioinformatics Programmer
Sasha Skinner, UCSF, Research Data Analyst
Hector Chavez, UCSD, Research Data Analyst
Carolina Cormack Orellana, UCLA, Field Researcher
Elise Hellwig, UC Davis, Computational and Data Science Research Specialist
Naomi Kalman, UC Davis, GIS Programmer
Nikta Akhavan, UC Berkeley, Project Policy Analyst
Randy Clopton, UC Berkeley, Project Policy Analyst
Will Tentindo, UCLA, Project Policy Analyst
Raquel Aparicio, UC San Diego, Project Policy Analyst
Anna Wikle, UC Berkeley, Research Data Analyst
Madeline Wildeson, UCSB, Project Policy Analyst
Liam Chavez, UC Berkeley, Program Operations Manager
Kris Stangl, UC Berkeley, Research Administrator
Corrin Terrones, UCSB, Research Administrator
David Glaser, UC Berkeley
Nathan Spannaus, UC Berkeley, Project Policy Analyst
Erica Wong, UCSF, Project Policy Analyst
Saurabh Asthana, UCSF, Bioinformatics Programmer
Tony Yang, UCOP, Program Policy Analyst
Maxwell Mattern, UCOP, Program Analyst
Kristen Mosher, UCLA, Project Policy Analyst
Ali Barclay, UC Berkeley Project Policy Analyst
Garland Withers, UCOP, Project Policy Analyst
Hopeton Hess, UC Berkeley, Project Policy Analyst
Chris Gifford, UCSB, Project Policy Analyst
Jessica Ross, UC Berkeley, Project Policy Analyst
Thomas Sloan, UC Berkeley, Research Data Analyst
Miriam Kader, UC Berkeley, Research Administrator
Sam Pottinger, UC Berkeley, Research Data Scientist
Jason Whisler, UC Davis, Project Policy Analyst
Chad Moura, UC Santa Cruz, Field Researcher
Jill Narciso, UCOP, Research Administrator
Myiesha Phelps, UCSD, Field Researcher
Nestor Ramirez, UCLA, Senior Research Analyst
Jelger Kalmijn, UCSF, Research Administrator
Anastasia Baran, UCLA, Project Policy Analyst
Lorin Heller, UCSF, Research Administrator
Leila Espinosa, UCLA, Project Management Professional
Brenda Stallworth, UCSF, Research Administrator
Sara Raquel Roschdi, UCLA, Project Policy Analyst
Emily Jacobson, UC Berkeley, Project Policy Analyst
Thomas (Tom) F. Dugal, UC San Francisco, Research Administrator
Eve Perry, UCSF, Computational and Data Science Research Specialist
Will Jones, UCSF, Research Administrator
Courtney Merson, UC Davis, Project Policy Analyst
Charlotte O’Keefe Stralka, UC Berkeley, Project Policy Analyst
Clayton Sullivan, UC Berkeley, Project Policy Analyst
Jay Mantuhac, UCLA, Research Data Analyst
Ejiro Ntekume, UCLA Academic Program Management Officer
