UAW in Academic Workplaces

In recent decades, more than 80,000 workers in higher education have joined, making UAW the single largest union of academic workers across the US. UAW has a great track record of successfully organizing research workers and helping research workers win meaningful improvements to their working conditions through collective bargaining. Click below to learn more about the improvements they have made.

University of California Postdoctoral Researchers UAW Local 5810
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University of Washington Postdoctoral Researchers UAW Local 4121
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University of California Academic Researchers UAW Local 5810
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Columbia Postdoctoral Workers-UAW 4100
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UAW Local 6950 – UConn Postdocs
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Columbia University Graduate Student Workers – UAW Local 2710
Summary of Improvements
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NYU Adjunct Faculty Contract Highlights
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Harvard University Student Workers HGSU-UAW Local 5118
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University of Washington Academic Student Employees UAW Local 4121
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Graduate Employee Union at UConn GEU-UAW Local 6950
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Graduate Employees at NYU GSOC-UAW Local 2110
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University of California Academic Student Employees UAW Local 2865
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Academic Student Workers at The New School (SENS-UAW Local 7902)
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Click below to see summaries of some of the improvements organized academic workers at the University of California and University of Washington have won, including better pay and benefits, increased rights for international scholars, and stronger protections against harassment and discrimination.