Priorities Tracker
Tracking priority demands from bargaining sessions. You can download a one-page version of this tracker here or see detailed updates by bargaining session >
What we’re won so far
| Priority Demands | Updates | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Disability accommodations without a medical diagnosis; interim accommodations while request is being processed. | Tentatively Agreed to (TA’d): see Reasonable Accommodations article | We should be proud of this win, and feel energized to keep fighting for what workers need in upcoming sessions. |
What we’re fighting to win
| Priority Demands | Updates | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Funding guarantees for international workers at risk of losing work authorization. (See last UAW passback from 11/13: Immigration.) |
The UC chief negotiator said this is impossible. We know better than that. |
Instead of taking our demand seriously, the UC keeps using a racist dog whistle by asking if they’d have to do this for international “felons.” Shame! |
| 12-month funding guaranteed for normative time to program completion (See our issue page on 12-month funding.) |
We need to organize around this urgent demand. | In our Appointment Notification article. |
| Wage increases that address the rising cost of living in California |
If we win 12-month funding, the lowest paid workers will make $56,400/year by October 2028. | See our 11/13 Wages proposal. |
| Elimination of pay tiers between different campuses and GSRs/ASEs |
We proposed eliminating these tiers by October 2028. | See our 11/13 Wages proposal. |
| Childcare stipends that are closer to the actual cost of childcare imposed by the UC’s own facilities. | We proposed raising yearly stipends from $4,600 to $8,400 & the age cap from 11 to 15. | Our proposal covers one-third of the average annual cost of childcare at UCs. See the latest Childcare proposal. |
| Transitional Funding for researchers (funding to change labs) | In two months, the UC has not bothered to respond. | This demand dates to organizing against retaliation in 2022 and our 2024 strike. |
| Divesting retirement funds (DCP) from war and weapons manufacturing | After 2+ months, UC offered no proposal because of their "fiduciary responsibility" to investors. | This is one of our main Palestine solidarity demands that our Union organized around during the 2024 strike. |
| Preventing UC from increasing class sizes, i.e. speeding up our work for the same pay. | We proposed class size caps set by departments and divisions. | See our 10/28 ASE Workload proposal. |
| Centralized emergency funding | (Economic demand we have yet to bring to the table.) | Likely going into our ‘Appointment Notification’ article |
| Eliminating the 18-quarter (12-semester) cap on teaching appointments | (Economic demand we have yet to bring to the table.) | |
Last updated: Nov 17