Labor and the Common Good

The UAW 4121 contract expires April 30, 2015. In preparation for bargaining a new contract, Local 4121 members have been researching how our successful contract enforcement efforts at UW and our solidarity efforts with other unions and campus/community groups can be...

GAIP Problems – Immediate Contact

Now that the new plan year has begun for 2014/15 health insurance coverage under the Graduate Appointee Insurance Program (GAIP), we have learned that Academic Student Employees who should be covered may have been denied benefits because Lifewise Assurance Company...

GAIP Health Insurance

Every year we meet with UW to review our GAIP health insurance benefits and evaluate the experience of ASEs and their dependents under the plan. This year we’ve met twice (once in May and one in August) in anticipation of bargaining a new contract in Spring quarter...

July 1st Wage Increases

Those of you working this summer will see our contractually bargained wage increases on your UW paycheck issued July 25th (for the pay period ending July 15th). Wages in all base rate departments will increase 10% this year per the contract, and all hourly wage rates...