by UAW | Mar 1, 2021 | Membership Updates, PD bargaining updates
Our new contract has been ratified! Our new contract has been ratified by members! This week, by a 410-6 majority, members overwhelmingly voted to adopt the new contract, which will now go into effect. This new contract (pdf summary) makes substantial improvements to...
by UAW | Feb 17, 2021 | Membership Updates, PD bargaining updates
We’ve reached a tentative agreement on the Postdoc Collective bargaining agreement! Our bargaining committee unanimously recommends acceptance of the tentative agreement and a vote to ratify. Through our contract we’ve secured some important gains and set the...
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...
