by UAW | Nov 22, 2019 | Membership Updates
NASEM summit on preventing harassment This week, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) held a public summit at UW on preventing sexual harassment in higher education that featured UAW 4121 members, including in panel discussions...
by UAW | Nov 19, 2019 | Press Releases
Seattle – In 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine released a report showing that rates of sexual harassment and assault were pervasive throughout academia – second, in fact, only to the U.S. military. Earlier this year, postdoctoral...
by UAW | Nov 15, 2019 | Elections
Dear UAW Member, Vacancy Elections Nominations for vacant positions on the Defense Committee for UAW 4121 are open November 15th and will close on November 24th at 5:00 p.m. PDT. This is an opportunity to assist the defense of our and other unions. There are currently...
by UAW | Nov 13, 2019 | Membership Updates
Dear UAW Member, At tomorrow’s monthly membership meeting, we’ll discuss plans to fight the proposal by Trump’s National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to eliminate collective bargaining rights for academic student employees at private universities. At a time when an...
by UAW | Nov 13, 2019 | Membership Updates
In response to the National Labor Relations Board’s attempt to restrict the rights of student employees to form unions, we are encouraging members to submit comments registering that student employees are, in fact, employees. The proposed rule would establish that...
