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Postdocs – Enroll now in the UAW 4121 Caregiver Fund – and we need your input on salaries!

by webmaster | Feb 13, 2026 | Membership Updates, PD bargaining updates, Postdoc Email Digest

TL;DR: Enrollment in the Postdoc Caregiver Fund is open now until March 27th. The Family Friendly workgroup will respond to all enrollments by April 10th. Fill out the Postdoc Bargaining Survey to contribute your thoughts on Postdoc Salaries! Most postdocs agree:...

Inequities amongst UW Postdocs – Your voice needed in the Bargaining Survey today!

by webmaster | Feb 5, 2026 | Membership Updates, PD bargaining updates, Postdoc Email Digest

The Postdoc bargaining survey is open, and now is the time to add your voice! Each Postdoc has a unique experience at UW, and this survey is how we find what Postdocs shared priorities are for our next contract! For example, different sources impact Postdoc...

How is hours-tracking affecting you?

by webmaster | Nov 21, 2025 | Membership Updates, Postdoc Email Digest

This coming Spring 2026, UAW 4121 Postdocs will be negotiating for our next contract, alongside Research Staff. In January of this year, many Postdocs at UW became overtime-eligible and had to begin tracking hours. The Postdoc-Scholar minimum salary at UW is...

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...

Upcoming union meetings, California researchers win big, and UPASS refunds

by UAW | Nov 6, 2019 | Postdoc Email Digest

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 Dear Colleague, This Wednesday, November 13th at 4pm in LSB 201, we are hosting a steward training on organizing and expanding engagement throughout the UW community. Afterwards at 5pm, we will go to a nearby restaurant for food and drinks...

Vote for Seattle City Council! The nation is watching

by UAW | Oct 25, 2019 | Postdoc Email Digest

Friday, October 25, 2019 Dear Colleague, Elections by the Few or by the Many? We’re seeing a disturbing pattern in recent years as small numbers of ultra-wealthy donors pour money into defeating key pro-worker, pro-science candidates and initiatives. For instance, in...
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