2 Steps Forward, 1 Step Back

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...

Victory – $11/hour

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...

Take it to the Regents

Join your UAW 4121 colleagues and friends in making our discontent over the direction of contract bargaining heard to the Regents tomorrow night at 5:30 PM at the University Of Washington Club (4020 E Stevens Way, On Campus Across from HUB) Come tell the Regents that...

Action NOW at UW

UAW Local 4121 members are taking action NOW to fight discrimination in the workplace. You can help! Click here to email top UW administrators, and demand that they accept our member’s proposal to protect student workers against micro-aggressions, provide access...

4/3/2015 – Weeks of Action

Today, upon hearing of this week’s news that UW is not only refusing to increase wages for the lowest paid student workers on campus but also proposing to increase out-of-pocket fee costs for Academic Student Employees with waivers, UAW members have sent a clear...