Higher Education
May 28, 2026 6:59 p.m.
Members of United Auto Workers Local 4811 march. The union expanded to 60,000 workers across the UC, making it the largest union in the University. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
About 12,000 employees joined a union representing UC academic student employees, postdoctoral students and academic researchers May 19, making it the largest union in the UC.
By Lilly Leonhardt
Higher Education
May 27, 2026 2:37 p.m.This post was updated May 28 at 12:04 p.m.
More than 600 UC faculty are calling on the University to reinstate standardized testing requirements for undergraduate STEM applicants, alleging that students are not prepared enough for college-level coursework.
The faculty signed on to a letter asking the UC Board of Regents, the UC Office of the President and Academic Senate leadership to require undergraduate STEM applicants to submit an SAT or ACT math score, beginning with the 2027-28 admissions cycle.
By Nicholas Mouchawar
California
May 22, 2026 8:32 a.m.AFSCME Local 3299 employees vote to ratify contract
This post was updated May 22 at 12:29 p.m.
A union that represents more than 40,000 workers – and that has been in negotiations with the UC for more than two years – voted to ratify a contract with the University on Friday.
By Alexis Muchnik
News
May 19, 2026 10:56 p.m.AFSCME Local 3299 members react to tentative deal as ratification vote begins
This post was updated May 21 at 7:58 p.m.
More than two years into bargaining and just hours before an indefinite strike was set to begin, the UC reached a contract with a union representing more than 40,000 employees.
By Josephine Murphy
Campus
May 14, 2026 2:52 a.m.AFSCME Local 3299 reaches contract with UC after 2 years, cancels indefinite strike
A union representing about 40,000 UC workers reached a contract with the University early Thursday morning after more than two years of negotiations, averting an open-ended strike hours before it was set to begin.
By Alexandra Crosnoe
Campus
May 12, 2026 10:27 p.m.UCLA plans for operational changes ahead of open-ended AFSCME Local 3299 strike
A union representing more than 40,000 UC employees is set to begin an open-ended strike Thursday.
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, which represents service, skilled craft and patient care workers, has repeatedly alleged that the UC has bargained in bad faith throughout contract negotiations.
By Delilah Brumer
News
May 11, 2026 8:36 a.m.UC Board of Regents hears public comment on ICE, union concerns
Community members urged the UC Board of Regents at its May meeting to create immigration enforcement safeguards, address antisemitism and negotiate a contract with a union representing 40,000 workers.
By Rune Long and Rori Anderson
News
May 7, 2026 10:05 p.m.UC investment assets dip, regents discuss at bimonthly meeting
The UC’s investments portfolio dipped last quarter, according to a report discussed at a UC Board of Regents meeting which protesters disrupted Tuesday.
The board met at the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center on Tuesday and Wednesday for its bimonthly meeting.
By Saya Mueller
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