by UAW 4121 | Oct 30, 2015 | Membership Updates
As you may have heard, UW faculty have begun the process of forming a union. UW administration has responded – as employers often do – by urging faculty to avoid unionizing. Faculty leaders are now circulating a petition urging UW administration to remain...
by webmaster | Oct 28, 2015 | Membership Updates
Many of you have been receiving documents from Lifewise or your health care provider from visits or services you received last year. These are being sent to you as a result of an unfair labor practice charge and multiple grievances we filed when we learned the GAIP...
by UAW 4121 | Oct 22, 2015 | Membership Updates, Trans-Equity
Dear colleagues: Navigating the bureaucratic ins-and-outs of university employment and health care can be challenging at the best of times, and the prospect of pursuing gender transition while involved in higher education can often seem daunting. Even with contractual...
by webmaster | Oct 14, 2015 | Membership Updates
Critical Event for International Student Workers Thursday (10/15) 4:30 p.m. Loew Hall 106 Recently a US District Court issued a ruling overturning the 17-month OPT extension for international students in STEM fields. This ruling will severely curtail future employment...
by UAW 4121 | Oct 13, 2015 | Membership Updates
Tomorrow (Wednesday October 14) join with other UAW members and activists from throughout the state for a People’s Climate March in downtown Seattle. See today’s coverage in the Seattle P-I. As student workers, many of us are involved on and off campus in...
by webmaster | Oct 8, 2015 | Membership Updates
Hope you can make it to our monthly membership meeting this evening (Thursday, 10/8) at 5pm in Gowen 201. We’ll discuss current projects and hear action plans from work groups, as well as discuss ways in which members are working to build power and enforce their...
