Student Researchers United-UAW

SRU-UAW
Formation2021
Region
California
Websitehttps://studentresearchersunited.org/

Student Researchers United-UAW (SRU-UAW) was a union representing student researchers at the University of California (UC). It was part of the United Auto Workers.[1] The union was composed of more than 17,000 people who work across 10 UC campuses and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.[2] They were the largest 2021 addition to the UAW, accounting for 0.1% of union members in the US, and, according to organizers, were "the largest academic student employee union in US history."[3][4][5] The union later joined UAW 2865 and ceased to be an independent entity.[6]

  1. ^ "Thousands of Student Researchers Are Unionizing". Teen Vogue. 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  2. ^ "University Of California Recognizes Graduate Student Researchers' Union". LAist. 2021-12-16. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  3. ^ Banks, Jess; Akhtar, Ahmed (2021-12-17). "How the Largest Union Fight of 2021 Was Won". ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  4. ^ Howard, Phoebe Wall. "UAW grows by 17,000 academic workers in California after threat to strike UC". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  5. ^ "17,000 University of California Researchers Could Soon Win a Union". jacobinmag.com. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  6. ^ https://dailybruin.com/2023/02/28/student-researchers-united-merges-with-united-auto-workers-local-2865