Updates

All eligible employees should vote in the union election and make your opinion count.

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) set the dates to conduct a secret-ballot election for employees in three bargaining units to determine whether they would like CalArts United-United Auto Workers (“UAW”) to be their exclusive bargaining representative.

CalArts United-UAW filed petitions for representation of three bargaining units on Feb. 7, 2025. View the notices:

Over the past several weeks, CalArts and CalArts United-UAW have continued productive discussions regarding the scope of the employee groups, or units, the union seeks to represent, and have reached agreement on many points.

The General Counsel’s Office and Human Resources are partnering to host a series of meetings to provide information and answer your questions about the unionization process and what it may mean for CalArts. The sessions are open to all CalArts staff and faculty and will take place on Zoom. We are adding an additional session for Thursday, Feb. 6, from 4-5 pm, as some sessions were postponed due to the recent campus closure.

CalArts and CU-UAW representatives met for a second time on Dec. 17 to continue their discussion of the unionization process. Read a brief summary of the topics discussed.