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...
by UAW | May 4, 2026 | 2026 RS Bargaining
We were back at the table on Thursday (April 30) for another contract bargaining session. Before we dive in: On May 27, join your fellow research staff for a virtual Affordability Forum to ensure that our contract reflects the critical, life-changing work that we do....
by UAW | Apr 10, 2026 | 2026 RS Bargaining
First, we want to acknowledge that on Wednesday, union members mobilized at a moment’s notice at the SEA-TAC airport to support a fellow UAW 4121 member and family member who were detained at SEA-TAC airport when returning to the US on a flight. They were deported on...
