What is the Contract Action Team (CAT) ?
It takes all 7,000 Research and Public Service Professionals (RPSPs) working together to win a contract we deserve. In every team, department, lab, program, staff need to come together to shape our bargaining priorities and take action to improve our workplace rights. In order to build the mass, supermajority participation we need, RPSPs across the UC system are joining the Contract Action Team (CAT) to make sure their coworkers stay informed and ready to win a strong contract.
What do CATs do?
Members of the Contract Action Team are committing to:
- Publicly participate: attend bargaining sessions, wear union gear, use union Zoom/Teams backgrounds, and be a visible union supporter.
- Keep others informed: talk to coworkers about bargaining, relay updates from our Bargaining Team, answer questions, and address concerns.
- Mobilize coworkers: make sure colleagues know the stakes of this contract fight, are participating in shaping and ratifying bargaining priorities, and are standing together to put pressure on UC through rallies and other direct actions, — up to and including a strike if justified and necessary.
- Expand the CAT: identify coworkers who can do all of the above in their own team, department, lab, program, or other group of workers.
How Do I Join the CAT (or Nominate Somebody Else)?
Anyone can nominate themself or a coworker to the CAT, and anyone nominated gets started on joining the CAT with a short training and onboarding. You should share this form with a coworker who is respected by their colleagues or is the go-to person for questions about our union.
Berkeley

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Emma Jackson
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Charlotte O'Keefe
Project Policy Analyst
Berkeley

Christina Lacey
Project Policy Analyst
Berkeley

Erica Wilson
Project Policy Analyst
Berkeley

Jessica Ross
Project Policy Analyst
Berkeley

Emily Jacobson
Project Policy Analyst
Berkeley

Clayton Sullivan
Project Policy Analyst
Berkeley

Terri Washington
Project Policy Analyst
Berkeley

Adrienne Pankonin-Dahl
Project Policy Analyst
Berkeley

Liam Chavez
Project Policy Analyst
Berkeley

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Project Policy Analyst
Office of The President
Davis

Mary Alurwar
Project Policy Analyst
Davis

Deanna Boys
Project Policy Analyst
Davis

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Academic Project Management Officer
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Tiffany Norris
Academic Program Management Officer
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Irvine

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Project Policy Analyst
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Project Policy Analyst
Irvine
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Anastasia Baran
Project Policy Analyst
Los Angeles

Leila Espinosa
Project Management Professional
Los Angeles

Joe Galluci
Project Policy Analyst
Los Angeles

Kristen Mosher
Project Policy Analyst
Los Angeles

Tiffany Rose
Research Compliance Analyst
Los Angeles

Caro Cormack Orellana
Field Researcher
Los Angeles

Olive Rickett
Project Policy Analyst
Los Angeles

Jessica Stevermer
Research Administrator
Los Angeles

Anya Rosensteel
Research Compliance Analyst
Los Angeles

Will Tentindo
Project Policy Analyst
Los Angeles

Raymond Wang
Project Policy Analyst
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Adam Zamboni
Research Compliance Analyst
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Research Administrator
Santa Barbara

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Project Policy Analyst
Santa Barbara
Santa Cruz

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Project Policy Analyst
Santa Cruz

Winnie Tang
Project Policy Analyst
Santa Cruz

Erika Solberg
Research Administrator
Santa Cruz
San Diego

Simeon Benit
Research Data Analyst
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Sara Campbell
Research Administrator
San Diego

Greg Hester
Research Administrator
San Diego

Anthea Mitchell
Research Data Analyst
San Diego

Nora Mascioli
Research Data Analyst
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Myiesha Phelps
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Rachel Reynolds
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Bioinformatics Programmer
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Research Administrator
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Research Administrator
San Francisco

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Research Administrator
San Francisco

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Research Administrator
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Justine Levan
Bioinformatics Programmer
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Eve Perry
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Project Policy Analyst
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Sasha Skinner
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