by RPSP-UAW | Feb 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
This past Tuesday and Wednesday, February 17th to 18th, SSAPs and RPSPs finished our first session of mediation with UC management through the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB). Our bargaining team and the University agreed to bring in a neutral third party...
by RPSP-UAW | Feb 19, 2026 | Uncategorized
After months of bargaining and thousands of conversations between coworkers, 5194 staff and 16,557 Academic Student Employees have voted to authorize a ULP strike. This decisive result sends a clear message to UC management: now is the time to resolve their unfair...
by RPSP-UAW | Feb 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
Voting on ULP Strike Authorization has now closed. With 23,314 UC-UAW workers voting and 21,751 voting in favor (93.3%), the vote has PASSED in all three units. With this overwhelming result, UC management should be officially on notice that UC-UAW workers are united...
by RPSP-UAW | Feb 6, 2026 | Uncategorized
February 2-4 RPSPs and SSAPs met at the bargaining table with UC management for the three days leading up to our ULP Strike Authorization Vote. Due to mounting pressure, management finally reached agreement with us on some important, basic contract articles such as...
by RPSP-UAW | Jan 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
On every UC campus, workers in dozens of different roles are bargaining for contracts that will protect and improve our jobs. Together, we are 40,000 Research and Public Service Professionals (RPSPs), Academic Student Employees (ASEs), and Student Services and...
by RPSP-UAW | Jan 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
Before diving into this bargaining update, we’d like to express solidarity with the people of Minnesota and condemn the Trump administration’s lethal violence against communities across the country. Many people in our own SSAP, RPSP, and broader UC communities are...
