Vacancy Election – November 2-4

At the membership meeting on September 10, 2015, members approved the following dates for a vacancy election in the Fall of 2015: October 9, Nominations Open October 19, Nomination Close November 2-4, Voting Takes Place November 6, Runoff Election (Only for positions...

Building Fee Waiver; Minimum Wage Update

Building Fee Waiver We have heard concerns from many members that the building fee is not being waived properly. To give some context, this fee had never before been waived until our recent contract negotiations with the University. And in the contract we ratified,...

Minimum Wage Discussions 2016 and 2017

Today (Friday, 9/18) we joined with other unions on campus, along with elected leaders from UW student government, to demand that all workers in all UW locations – both those represented by unions and those not represented – receive no less than $15 an hour starting...

Minimum Wage, SEA Strike, Steward Elections

Minimum Wage and UW We were recently contacted by UW to have further discussions about raising the minimum wage in the coming two years, and this Friday (9/18) will meet with UW representatives in coalition with other campus unions to discuss the University’s ideas....