UAW Local 4121
  • About
    • Contact
    • Our History
    • Bylaws
    • Leadership
    • Equity & Union Culture
    • Financial Reports
  • Member Center
    • Resources
    • Academic Student Employees
      • Member Center
      • ASE Contract
    • Postdoctoral Scholars
      • Bargaining Portal
      • Member Center
      • PD Contract
    • Research Staff
      • Bargaining Portal
      • RS Contract
      • RSE Before & After Comparison
      • RCoCo Before & After Comparison
  • Get Involved!
    • Join Your Union!
    • Contract Action Team
    • Meetings
    • Working Groups
      • Climate Justice
    • Political Action
  • Get Help
  • Campaigns
  • Updates
    • News & Events
    • Email Digest
Select Page

Spring quarter vacancy election // Fair Contracts NOW Rally 4/24 // Solidarity with higher ed workers // & more!

by UAW 4121 | Apr 22, 2023 | Membership Updates

Last week’s April Monthly Membership Meeting centered around the theme of building collective power through solidarity and membership empowerment. Members approved the Elections Committee’s proposed schedule for Spring quarter vacancy elections, discussed updates from...

4/6 Bargaining Update; Register for 4/13 Mass Meeting

by UAW 4121 | Apr 6, 2023 | Membership Updates, PD bargaining updates

RSVP to mass meeting 4/13, 12pm Please RSVP to attend our April Mass Meeting which will be on zoom Thursday April 13th at noon. We will cover updates about both Postdoc and RSE bargaining, what we have won so far, what we are still fighting for, and what actions we...

3/10 bargaining updates: mediation yields little progress so far, and PD/RSE meeting on 3/15

by UAW | Mar 13, 2023 | Membership Updates, PD bargaining updates

Bargaining Update Bargaining on 3/10 was conducted in the presence of a mediator, as requested by Admin. This meant we didn’t actually interact with admin directly but instead each side communicated with each other through a mediator about our respective positions. As...

Strike Authorization Vote Results Are In!

by UAW 4121 | Feb 17, 2023 | Membership Updates, PD bargaining updates

Great news! Tonight, our Strike Authorization Vote concluded with 401 total votes cast, and 96.3% of Postdoc members voting Yes. A supermajority of Postdoc members have voted to authorize our Bargaining Team to call a strike if circumstances warrant. It’s clear that...

Black History Month // TUGSA Solidarity // Upcoming International Solidarity Working Group Events // & More!

by UAW 4121 | Feb 16, 2023 | Membership Updates

Black History Month Check out this list of resources and current initiatives that the UW Black Student Union (BSU) compiled on this linktr.ee. BSU has a “Black Is” series every Wednesday of this month at 6pm at the Ethnic Cultural Center. If you are a Black graduate...

Strike Vote Continues; Bargaining recap: UW position unchanged; UW insists on mediation

by UAW 4121 | Feb 12, 2023 | Membership Updates, Postdoc Email Digest

Reminder: Hundreds of Postdocs have voted in our strike authorization, which ends Thursday.  If you haven’t already, please vote Yes right now! Bargaining Summary: short version. Admin refuses to budge on providing information about why they suddenly think Postdocs...
« Older Entries
Next Entries »
  • About
  • Member Center
  • Get Involved!
  • Get Help
  • Campaigns
  • Updates
  • X
  • Instagram