UAW Boosts Membership With Organizing Success In Education, Casinos

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Xiaoqing Cao, a former biomedical cancer researcher at the University of California, is the new face of the UAW.

Cao, who spent nearly four years as a postdoctoral researcher, is now president of UAW Local 5810 in Berkeley, which now has 6,500 members and ratified its first contract last year.

The UAW helped postdoctoral researchers win annual wage increases, health care guarantees and a minimum salary of $37,740 -- a fact Cao said she believes will lead the UAW to win even more members in higher education.

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The UAW's growing organizing success in education and casinos, along with a recovering automotive industry that allowed automakers to recall thousands of workers, helped the UAW gain members for the first time since 2005, according to a report filed with the U.S. Department of Labor.

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