Academic Researchers
United Auto Workers (UAW) 5810
About the Academic Researchers unit
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 4,903* academic researchers across the UC enterprise. UAW 5810 represents this bargaining unit.
An approximate breakdown of the number of RA represented academic researchers at each location is as follows:
| Location | Headcount |
|---|---|
| ANR | 21 |
| Berkeley | 565 |
| Davis | 778 |
| Irvine | 749 |
| LBNL | 48 |
| Los Angeles | 572 |
| Merced | 58 |
| Riverside | 174 |
| San Diego | 450 |
| San Francisco | 1032 |
| Santa Barbara | 212 |
| Santa Cruz | 244 |
| Total | 4,903 |