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:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...