by UAW 4121 | Apr 5, 2011 | 2010-11 Contract Campaign, Membership Updates
We met again with the University’s bargaining team yesterday to continue negotiations for our fourth contract. While we went into the meeting hoping to get substantive responses to and costing estimates on the proposals we gave UW last week, we received neither. In...
by UAW 4121 | Mar 31, 2011 | 2010-11 Contract Campaign, Membership Updates
We met with the University’s bargaining team again yesterday and discussed our proposals on childcare, tuition/fee waivers, maintaining academic excellence and health insurance benefits. Our committee again emphasized how our proposals to make improvements for ASEs in...
by UAW 4121 | Mar 25, 2011 | 2010-11 Contract Campaign, Membership Updates
We’re writing with an update on our negotiations with UW as well as more upcoming opportunities to strengthen our ability to win a fair fourth contract for Academic Student Employees (ASEs). First, we want to thank everyone who has participated in our contract...
by UAW 4121 | Mar 22, 2011 | 2010-11 Contract Campaign, Membership Updates
This past St. Patrick’s Day, UAW 4121 members joined a crowd of more than 1,500 in Olympia to urge our state representatives to close tax loopholes, not doors to quality higher education. We left a message with the governor and our legislators that we’ll be back...
by UAW 4121 | Mar 9, 2011 | 2010-11 Contract Campaign, A Stronger, More Accessible Public University, Economic Justice / Power to the 99%, Membership Updates, Worker Solidarity / Collective Bargaining
RSVP here to join a delegation of fellow UAW 4121 members in your legislative district. This upcoming Saturday, March 12th, legislators from districts representing thousands of our members are holding Town Hall meetings to talk with their constituents about the...
by UAW 4121 | Mar 8, 2011 | 2010-11 Contract Campaign, Membership Updates
On Monday, March 7th, the College Promise Coalition held a community conversation in Seattle to make the case that Washington State needs to prioritize funding for higher education. UAW 4121 members spoke out about the key role we play in driving the University of...
