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A quiet campaign by UAW organizers at the University of California ended Monday with more than 10,000 signed cards officially submitted to authorities that would create the Student Researchers United-UAW, representing more than 17,000 higher education workers.
These union activists are not required to hold a formal election and can, instead, submit the signed 10,441 cards to California s Public Employee Relations Board in Oakland. Researchers marched down to the office at 1330 Broadway carrying a banner just after 2 p.m. Signatures will have to be certified as union organizers await instructions on next steps.
The action means the UAW would represent all 10 UC campuses and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Organizers made a point of noting that every site has been actively involved in collecting union cards. These researchers, who get paid by the university, have finished their undergraduate studies and now work toward earning a Ph.D. degree. Their wor