by webmaster | Apr 26, 2015 | Membership Updates
On Friday (4/25) we met again with UW in negotiations. This meeting was wholly focused on health insurance, and the question of which benefits the parties could agree were part of the current GAIP under the collective bargaining agreement. You can read the full...
by webmaster | Apr 22, 2015 | Membership Updates
With historically large turnout, a majority of all 4,000 Academic Student Employees (ASEs) at the University of Washington have voted to authorize the union’s bargaining committee to call a strike if circumstances justify. Out of 2,258 total votes cast, 90% voted...
by webmaster | Apr 20, 2015 | Membership Updates
At the membership meeting on April 16, 2015, members unanimously passed the following resolution: WHEREAS, TransDev, formerly named Veolia, is a contractor providing ACCESS paratransit service, and remains partially funded by Veolia, WHEREAS, the French-based...
by UAW 4121 | Apr 20, 2015 | Membership Updates
When/Where: Today at 11 AM, Outside the Communications Building On Friday, UW academic student employees (ASEs) received a letter from Deans Eaton and Taylor. With thinly-veiled threats, the Deans attempted to intimidate and misinform ASEs about UAW 4121’s...
by webmaster | Apr 11, 2015 | Membership Updates
Here are the highlights from bargaining this week (see the full update): Victory: The university agreed to proposals on Academic Excellence, making explicit in the contract the right for an ASE to meet with their supervisor about changes in their assignment that may...
by webmaster | Apr 10, 2015 | Bargaining Updates, Membership Updates
The University announced today that they are going to raise the wages of all student workers to $11. This comes on the heels of our March bargaining proposal that demanded the university comply with the law and raise the wages of all student workers. This would not...
