by webmaster | Oct 1, 2015 | Membership Updates
Orientations Welcome new UAW 4121 members! Over 850 new Academic Student Employees signed up for membership at department and hiring unit orientations these past two weeks, at a rate of nearly 90%. In addition 150 people indicated an interest in getting even more...
by webmaster | Sep 29, 2015 | Membership Updates
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,...
by UAW 4121 | Sep 24, 2015 | Membership Updates
Come to Our Start of the Year Social! Next Thursday (10/1), join with other UAW members to kick off the year at Big Time Brewery from 5:30-7:00 p.m. Get your free drink, share some snacks with other members from across campus, and learn a bit about what’s happening...
by webmaster | Sep 18, 2015 | Membership Updates
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...
by webmaster | Sep 16, 2015 | Membership Updates
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....
by webmaster | Sep 9, 2015 | Membership Updates
Today K-12 educators in Seattle Public Schools are making the difficult and courageous choice to walk off their jobs until the Seattle School District offers fair terms for a new collective bargaining agreement. Whether or not we have children in Seattle Public School...