It sounds like they are just two different unions?
That’s because after 48,000 graduate students, postdocs, and researchers in the University of California system went on strike in 2022 and won pay increases and expanded benefits, some TAs are now earning more than the instructors in their own classes. The minimum academic-year salary for first-year teaching assistants, for example, will increase from the $25,000 they got in the spring of 2023 to $36,000 this fall.
No implication. One union got a raise and the other seems to be following suit. The whole thing seems to be unfair right now but will likely be fixed:
The University Council-American Federation of Teachers, the union that represents UC-system librarians and non-tenure-track lecturers, including Reiterman, recently kicked off an effort, including an online letter-writing campaign and a couple of town halls, to persuade the system to confront what they’re calling a pay inversion. The union’s existing contract ends June 30, 2026, but union leaders are urging administrators to pay lecturers more immediately.
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It sounds like they are just two different unions?
I can't tell what you're implying by the use of the word "just".
No implication. One union got a raise and the other seems to be following suit. The whole thing seems to be unfair right now but will likely be fixed: