by UAW 4121 | Feb 28, 2015 | Membership Updates
Bargaining This Week This week we met again with UW for bargaining on Wednesday (2/25) and Thursday (2/26) [summary here]. Dozens attended our session on Thursday to speak out against the international student fee and hold the University accountable for...
by UAW 4121 | Feb 22, 2015 | Membership Updates
University’s violation of the collective bargaining agreement means you might be owed money In October 2014, Lifewise and the University implemented benefits cuts to the Graduate Appointee Insurance Program (GAIP), the health insurance plan for UW academic...
by UAW 4121 | Feb 18, 2015 | Bargaining Updates, Membership Updates
Happy Lunar New Year’s Eve! We met with the University’s bargaining team today, and discussed a number of items on our bargaining agenda. Some of these items were positively received by the University—for example, the University expressed interest in our...
by UAW 4121 | Feb 11, 2015 | Membership Updates
Membership Meeting Our next membership meeting will be held on Thursday, February 19 at 5 PM in South Lake Union E130A&B. All members in good standing are encouraged to attend, and as always children are welcome and new members may sign up to join the union at...
by UAW 4121 | Jan 30, 2015 | Membership Updates
Bargaining Update We met with the University’s bargaining team again yesterday, and discussed numerous items on our bargaining agenda. In particular, the exchange over health insurance benefits reinforced that we have a significant way to go in moving the University...