<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Fira Sans Regular","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif">Dear Campus Community,</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Fira Sans Regular","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Fira Sans Regular","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif">On </span><span class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Friday, March 13, </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Fira Sans Regular","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif">2026</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Fira Sans Regular","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif">, The University of California and the United Auto Workers reached</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Fira Sans Regular","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif"> new contract agreements for academic and staff employees. </span><span class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">T</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">entative agreements with the UAW for the Academic Student Employees (ASE) successor contract, as well as the first collective bargaining agreement for the Student Service and Advising Professionals (SSAP) and Research Public Service Professionals (RSPS) units<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> now move forward for ratification</span>.<br><br></span></div><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;line-height:1.6;font-family:"Fira Sans Regular","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">“We are grateful to achieve agreements that mutually benefit the University’s academic student employees and new staff units,” said Missy Matella, Associate Vice President for Systemwide Employee and Labor Relations for the University of California Office of the President. “These agreements reflect the tireless work of the bargaining teams on both sides of the table that remained committed to productive, good-faith negotiations throughout bargaining. Reaching this outcome on these complex contracts required extraordinary trust, dedication, and partnership. We are deeply grateful for the many individuals who contributed their time, expertise, and persistence to help bring these negotiations to a successful conclusion.” </font></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;line-height:1.6;font-family:"Fira Sans Regular","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Additional details about the four-year agreement will be shared upon ratification of the contract, which is expected next week. </font></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Sincerely,</span></p><div><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Elizabeth Watkins, PhD</font></b></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><i>Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor</i><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><i>Professor of History</i><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>Alex Najera</b><br></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Associate Vice Chancellor/CHRO</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><img border="0" width="198" height="61" src="cid:image001.png@01DB719C.EFF85DB0" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="width: 2.0625in; height: 0.6354in;"></span></p></div></div></div></div>