RA — Academic Researchers
United Auto Workers (UAW) 4811
The Academic Researchers Unit (ARU) is a systemwide bargaining unit of academic researchers at the University of California, comprised of Academic Specialists, Project Scientists, Professional Researchers and Coordinators of Public Programs. There are 5,004* academic researchers across the UC enterprise. UAW 4811 represents this bargaining unit.
An approximate breakdown of the number of RA represented academic researchers at each location is as follows:
| Location | Headcount |
|---|---|
| ANR | 19 |
| Berkeley | 668 |
| Davis | 791 |
| Irvine | 749 |
| LBNL | 34 |
| Los Angeles | 580 |
| Merced | 50 |
| Riverside | 172 |
| San Diego | 438 |
| San Francisco | 1,050 |
| Santa Barbara | 199 |
| Santa Cruz | 254 |
| Total | 5,004 |