Yesterday, March 19, 2026, the International Executive Board of our International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) voted to approve the joining of the Research and Public Service Professionals (RPSP) and the Student Services and Advising Professionals (SSAP) units into UAW Local 4811. This means that nearly 12,000 UC Staff employees will stand together with the 48,000 Academic Student Employees, Postdoctoral Scholars, and Academic Researchers that already comprise 4811 to form a united, unionized workforce of 60,000 at the University of California.
Within the next three months, RPSP and SSAP dues-paying members will vote to elect campus and statewide leadership positions to represent our units on the local 4811 Executive Board and Joint Council. These positions will serve as head stewards on our campuses and carry out any further bargaining duties for the length of their elected terms. If you are not already a member, you can join the majority of UC-UAW workers who are already dues-paying members by signing your union membership card below!
It is our collective strength across 60,000 workers that gave us the power needed to win a standard-setting first contract. It will take every one of us to continue growing this strength as we pursue our shared mission to make the UC a more equitable, accessible, and democratic workplace for all.
In Solidarity,
RPSP-UAW & SSAP-UAW Bargaining Team
Anthony Gin, RPSP-UAW Representative Davis
Leo Lamanna, SSAP-UAW Representative Davis
Brianna McGuire, RPSP-UAW Representative Davis
Tori White, SSAP-UAW Representative Davis
Nikta Akhavan, RPSP-UAW Representative Berkeley
Ziva Armstrong, SSAP-UAW Representative Berkeley
Christine Mullarkey, SSAP-UAW Representative Berkeley
Erica Wilson, RPSP-UAW Representative Berkeley
Austin Edwards, RPSP-UAW Representative San Francisco
Lee Einhorn, RPSP-UAW Representative San Francisco
Eve Perry, RPSP-UAW Representative San Francisco
Jonah Taranta-Slack, SSAP-UAW Representative San Francisco
Karen Linam, SSAP-UAW Representative Merced
Meg Kan, SSAP-UAW Representative Santa Cruz
Seneca Ryan, SSAP-UAW Representative Santa Barbara
Sean Campbell, SSAP-UAW Representative Los Angeles
Carolina Cormack Orellana, RPSP-UAW Representative Los Angeles
Leila Espinosa, RPSP-UAW Representative Los Angeles
Nandini Inmula, SSAP-UAW Representative Los Angeles
Kimberly Schweigman, RPSP-UAW Representative Los Angeles
Daisy Ruiz, SSAP-UAW Representative Riverside
Kerri McCanna, SSAP-UAW Representative Irvine
Simeon Benit, RPSP-UAW Representative San Diego
Greg Hester, RPSP-UAW Representative San Diego
Janean Kromka, SSAP-UAW Representative San Diego
Myiesha Phelps, RPSP-UAW Representative San Diego
