UAW Strike Averted?

 

A eight-campus strike by the United Auto Workers Local 2865 (UAW) appears to have been averted. The UAW local, which represents over 11,000 teaching assistants, readers, and tutors, had planned a strike before finals week for eight UC campuses in protest of unfair labor practices by UC. The strike was supported by five other unions, including the Coalition of University Employees (CUE) and the UC local of the American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT), which represent clerical workers and lecturers.

      Negotiations between UC and UAW for a new contract began in the spring of this year. In September the UAW filed unfair labor practice charges against UC for bad-faith bargaining. In October, UAW members went on a one-day strike in protest. For more information, see http://www.uaw2865.org. Unfair labor practices were also the reason for a strike last year by CUE and UC-AFT members (see Fall 2002 Newsletter).