by UAW | Nov 29, 2017 | Membership Updates
As you know, Congress is considering a tax plan that would treat tuition waivers as taxable income, which would increase the typical UW graduate employee’s taxes by about $5000 per year, a change that would completely undermine the affordability and accessibility of...
by UAW | Nov 29, 2017 | Membership Updates
As you know, the Trump/Republican tax bill would have devastating effects on working people and our families. The proposal to eliminate the tax exempt status of our tuition waivers would more than double the taxable income of most RAs and TAs. This change would...
by UAW | Nov 13, 2017 | Elections
As agreed at last week’s membership meeting, we will host elections for currently vacant leadership positions in the next month. This is an opportunity for you to lead the union as we enter into contract bargaining season. It is especially important that we show the...
by UAW | Nov 13, 2017 | Membership Updates
Last week, we sent out an email describing how the GOP Tax Plan would impact the typical graduate employee at UW by treating tuition waivers as taxable income. Hundreds of people have signed on to our petition, and members are making their voices clear — taxing...
by UAW | Nov 8, 2017 | Membership Updates
As you may have seen, last week’s budget proposal by Congressional Republicans includes a provision to treat tuition waivers as income, subjecting them to taxes. For a typical graduate employee at UW enrolled in a standard Tier 1 PhD program this would result in about...
