by UAW | Aug 21, 2017 | Membership Updates
Over the weekend, we all watched as white supremacists marched across the University of Virginia campus spreading hate and violence in Charlottesville. We have seen smaller scale incidents here in Seattle, where hate groups have marched in Seattle and been given...
by UAW | Jul 31, 2017 | Membership Updates
Through our political workgroup, members identified important issues – investment in education, worker protections, housing affordability, transportation, race and equity, and climate justice – assembled questionnaires, reviewed candidate responses and...
by UAW | Jul 13, 2017 | Membership Updates
As you’ve probably heard, state lawmakers narrowly avoided a partial government shutdown during its third special session. At the last minute, Paid Family Leave was introduced and passed! Along with this positive outcome, I-1552, the anti-trans bathroom bill, was...
by UAW | Jun 19, 2017 | Membership Updates
It’s Pride Month and there are a number of great events coming up this weekend! As always, members of our union will be participating — make it out to show your pride, and to celebrate and support our LGBTQ+ community. At our June membership meeting, members...
by UAW | Jun 8, 2017 | Membership Updates
As a reminder, our last membership meeting of the academic year is TODAY, Thursday, June 8th at 5:30 pm in Sieg 134. The proposed agenda for the meeting is as follows: Approve Agenda Approve Minutes Bargaining Updates Washington Won’t Discriminate Presentation &...