Many of my friends and colleagues know that I begin a greeting with “so everything’s on fire, but how are you?” This continues to be the case every day, growing stronger as senseless violence escalates. UCPEA’s Social Justice Committee has been working with fellow members who are also concerned about ICE in our communities, on a response plan should we be needed.
Contract negotiations for the new UCPEA collective bargaining agreement began in February 2025. Since then, the previous Collective Bargaining Agreement expired in July 2025, and employees are currently working under a contract extension.
If an UCPEA position is funded by federal grants and/or contracts, and that funding is paused or eliminated, the UCPEA position is still protected. These are the protections for different categories of UCPEA members: Probationary Employees, End-Date Employees, and Permanent Employees. [...]
Per the ground rules established between UCPEA and the University, members cannot be provided with written copies of the proposals being passed between both sides. However, we can discuss the negotiations, which is one of the reasons we held a town hall.
The UCPEA Sick Leave Bank is one of our most important contractual benefits providing an essential safety net for UCPEA-represented employees experiencing or caring for a dependent spouse or child experiencing serious and catastrophic illness or injury.
Please consider donating so the bank can continue to make a difference in the lives of colleagues in need.
Who doesn't like getting a handwritten postcard in the mail? Especially when it's from a fellow union member? If you like sending them, then join us at one or more of our Solidarity Signing events. Like all hard-earned union benefits, these 2,000 postcards won't magically appear. Please consider signing as many postcards as you can.
Ask questions, hear the latest contract negotiations updates from the UCPEA Contract Action Team (CAT), and help us fill 36 seats by signing up as an observer.
The UCPEA Professional Issues Committee sponsored the More Work, More Pay event on November 12, which explored reclassification, career progression, temporary salary increases, and comp time.
The informational presentation for the event is available to download.
The UCPEA Contract sets up separate accrual rates and expiration dates for each category of earned time. This is time that UCPEA members earn through their work and service to the University community, and the time should be used to avoid expiration.
