4121 Weekly: Rally Thurs for UPASS, and more!

  Dear UAW Member, UPASS Bargaining As a reminder, this Thursday 8/16 is the first day of Coalition UPASS Bargaining. As an extension of the equity demands we made while bargaining our full contract in the spring, our Local is joining five other campus unions to...

Help Kick Off UPASS Bargaining!

As agreed during our contract negotiations in spring quarter, beginning August 16th our Local will be bargaining in coalition with other UW unions for subsidized UPASS for everyone on campus. This coalition bargaining is an important opportunity for furthering the...

Mother Jones award

UAW Local 4121 wins Mother Jones award                             Photos: Local 4121 members on strike, May 15, 2018; Judy Twedt and Sam Sumpter accepting the Mother Jones Award. UAW Local 4121 was awarded the Mother Jones Award at the Washington State Labor Council...

Today’s Supreme Court Decision

As you may have seen, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision this morning in Janus v AFSCME, a case backed by corporate billionaires intended to weaken public sector unions, which changed the requirement that all represented employees must pay their fair share of...

Supreme Court Upholds Muslim Ban, Rally TODAY 1pm

This morning, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to allow the Muslim ban to continue. This version of the ban limits entry to the United States from citizens of five Muslim-majority countries (Syria, Iran, Libya, Yemen, and Somalia), as well as a small number from North...