by UAW 4121 | Oct 6, 2014 | Membership Updates
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...
by UAW 4121 | Sep 20, 2014 | Membership Updates
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...
by UAW 4121 | Jul 20, 2014 | Membership Updates
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...
by UAW 4121 | Jun 2, 2014 | $15/hour minimum wage, Economic Justice / Power to the 99%, Membership Updates, Take Action
Today the Seattle City Council voted to pass a $15/hour minimum wage ordinance. This historic step would not have been possible without the activism of union and community members- including UAW 4121 members – who fought passionately in the face of stiff...
by UAW 4121 | Mar 3, 2014 | A Stronger, More Accessible Public University, Economic Justice / Power to the 99%, Membership Updates, Transportation
Forum: What’s the Future of Public Transit? Wednesday March 5, at 6:30 p.m. (HUB 145) 20 of the 42 routes that serve UW are slated to be eliminated as part of a staggering 17% cut to King County bus services in the coming months. Nearly 30,000 UW students and staff...
by UAW 4121 | Dec 10, 2013 | A Stronger, More Accessible Public University, Membership Updates, Respect and Justice for Immigrants, Support a Better Budget for Higher Ed, The International Student Fee
International Students are a critical part of UW’s academic culture, but have increasingly been targeted for fee/tuition increases. A new petition created by a coalition of student groups asks the Board of Regents to reverse their decision to impose a new...
