by UAW | Feb 10, 2021 | Membership Updates, PD bargaining updates
Since our last bargaining session, we have important news and positive progress toward reaching an agreement. The UW Administration has indicated that they are now seriously considering agreeing to our proposal to move to the newest 2021 NIH NRSA salary guidelines –...
by UAW | Feb 3, 2021 | Bargaining Updates, PD bargaining updates
On Tuesday night, we had a bargaining update meeting attended by over 50 members, in which we discussed recent developments in bargaining and were in strong agreement that this contract needs to bring our minimum pay scale up to current national standards in keeping...
by UAW | Jan 30, 2021 | Membership Updates, PD bargaining updates
On Friday, we met with UW Admin for our last bargaining session before our contract expires on Sun 1/31. We did not reach an agreement over the new contract. We agreed to another bargaining meeting on February 3rd and submitted a proposal to extend our contract...
by UAW | Jan 28, 2021 | Membership Updates, PD bargaining updates
This afternoon we met with the UW Administration to discuss outstanding issues in our current negotiations, specifically: how changes to our minimum salary scale will be implemented. We did not reach an agreement on this very important issue, and agreed to continue...
by UAW | Jan 26, 2021 | Membership Updates, PD bargaining updates
As we approach the last few days before our contract expires, we met with UW Admin and discussed the outstanding issues in our current negotiations: namely wages, healthcare for paid direct Postdocs, childcare subsidies, appointment/reappointments, and sexual...
by UAW | Jan 20, 2021 | Membership Meetings, PD bargaining updates
Dear UAW Member, Today we met with UW Admin and discussed the outstanding issues in our current contract negotiations: namely wages, healthcare for paid direct postdocs, childcare subsidies, and appointment/reappointments. While we’ve made progress on some areas we...