BX — Academic Student Employees
United Auto Workers (UAW) 4811
The Academic Student Employee Unit (BX) is a systemwide bargaining unit (except UCSF) comprised of graduate teaching assistants, readers, tutors and other instructional assistants who work in support of faculty and lecturers. Currently, the unit includes approximately 20,680* graduate students and is represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 4811.
An approximate breakdown of the number of BX represented graduate students at each location (except UCSF) is as follows:
| Location | Headcount |
|---|---|
| Berkeley | 3,675 |
| Davis | 2,436 |
| Irvine | 1,774 |
| Los Angeles | 2,940 |
| Merced | 572 |
| Riverside | 2,303 |
| San Diego | 3,741 |
| San Francisco | 19 |
| Santa Barbara | 1,846 |
| Santa Cruz | 1,373 |
| UCOP | 1 |
| Total | 20,680 |