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History

Early academic worker organizing at the University of California

pre-agse

lbnl researcher union dramatized in oppenheimer

Formation of UAW 5810

Main article: UAW Local 5810

2022 Unfair Labor Practice strike

Main article: 2022 University of California academic workers' strike

SRU-UAW merger

After the ratification of the contracts won in 2022, the joint councils of UAW 2865 and SRU-UAW voted to merge the new graduate student researcher bargaining units into the 2865 academic student employee units—forming one union of 36,000 academic student workers.

Amalgamation

Following the SRU merger and coordination between both unions in their 2022 strike, from October 10–20, 2023 UAW locals 5810 and 2865 put an amalgamation referendum to members, weighing whether to combine the two unions.

2024 Unfair Labor Practice strike

Main article: 2024 University of California academic workers' strike

Soon after the creation of the bigger union comprising students, postdoctoral workers and other academic employees (not including ladder rank UC faculty), UAW Local 4811 was called upon to respond and support action by UC student protestors, including students leading the Students for Justice in Palestine protests and encampments at various UC campuses. After the violent attack by non-campus individuals on pro-Palestine student protestors at UCLA and the subsequent police crackdown on May 1 and 2, 2024, UAW Local 4811 issued a statement announcing that it would hold a strike authorization vote in the following week. The union, in its statement, also called for UCLA Chancellor Gene Block to resign immediately given what they called his "failure of leadership".