by RPSP-UAW | Jun 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
As a reminder, Research and Public Service Professionals (RPSPs) are coming together at a town hall on Zoom this coming Tuesday, June 17th 12pm to review and prepare for the coming election to form our union. It will be an opportunity to learn how the election process...
by RPSP-UAW | May 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Last week, Governor Newsom revised his proposed budget cut to the UC from 8% down to 3%. This concession by the Governor is the direct result of the collective action and advocacy taken by RPSPs and fellow UC staff that are UAW members. Through the collective action...
by RPSP-UAW | May 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
We received news that the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) has finished counting the thousands of union authorization cards we submitted and determined that we’ve passed the threshold needed to proceed with a union election to confirm our decision...
by RPSP-UAW | Apr 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
Right now, 7,500 UC staff are taking the first step towards forming a union and we have until this Friday, May 2nd, to sign union authorization cards. Signing a card is essential to demonstrate support for moving to the next step: a vote to unionize. 140,000 other UC...
by RPSP-UAW | Apr 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Over the last few months, thousands of us Research and Public Service Professionals (RPSPs) have been talking about forming a union to protect staff across all our positions, especially with the continuing uncertainty with federal and state funding. In March, 500...
by RPSP-UAW | Apr 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
On Tuesday, thousands of UC Research and Public Services professionals and other higher education workers in UAW stood up to defend UC’s budget and research mission. Our rallies across all 10 campuses made the news statewide and raised the pressure on elected...
