by webmaster | Jun 15, 2026 | 2026 RS Bargaining, Membership Updates, PD bargaining updates, Postdoc Email Digest
In our joint Postdoc (PD) and Research Staff (RS) bargaining sessions, UW Management has pushed an anti-discrimination and harassment proposal that would dismantle existing protections for workers based on medical condition, ethnic origin, political affiliation, and...
by webmaster | Jun 12, 2026 | 2026 RS Bargaining
Today was our third joint bargaining session with the University, where they continued to use fearmongering about the Trump administration to make vague justifications for trying to cut anti-discrimination protections based on medical condition, ethnic origin,...
by webmaster | Jun 9, 2026 | 2026 RS Bargaining, PD bargaining updates, Postdoc Email Digest
RSVP for June 25th Rally! Monday, we had our second joint Postdoc and Research Staff bargaining session with Labor Relations. First, we proposed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish stronger protections for Postdocs and Research Staff undergoing gender...
by UAW | Jun 4, 2026 | 2026 RS Bargaining
Tuesday’s bargaining session was a doozy! We presented 9 articles (3 articles together with Postdocs), including affordability-related issues like compensation. Read on for more! Find proposals presented on our Bargaining Portal! Check out KeliAnne and Marsalis’ recap...
by UAW | May 20, 2026 | 2026 RS Bargaining
We were at the table with management again on May 19th. The only article UW Management presented was their counter-proposal for Article 10: Grievance Procedure, which provides us a way to enforce our union contract. They effectively proposed to make the grievance...
by UAW | May 8, 2026 | 2026 RS Bargaining
At yesterday’s bargaining session, we reached a tentative agreement on Article 32: Salary Overpayment Recovery. This article updates the cap of vacation hours we can use as repayment when overpayment occurs (240 → 280 hours to reflect changes in state law). Management...
