Email Digest
New Local President // Take Action for Higher Ed // Know Your Rights
Take Action for Higher Ed! Call Senator Murray Over the summer, our union took part in the formation of Higher Ed Labor United (HELU), a nationwide coalition of unions organizing to address the longstanding crises in higher education caused by public disinvestment....
Membership Meeting RESCHEDULED to 9/14 // Rent Control Rally // & More
Membership Meeting - Tues 9/14 at 5:30pm Our next membership meeting will be on Tuesday 9/14 from 5:30-6:30pm via Zoom. (Please note that in order to respect observance of Yom Kippur, this has been rescheduled from the previous email.) To receive the Zoom...
Support Student Researchers at the University of California
Dear UAW Member, Take a minute now to sign the petition to protect academic labor rights for ALL workers! As you may know, Student Researchers (SRs - analogous to Research Assistants here at UW) at the University of California (UC) have been organizing to win their...
Renters Toolkit // Decriminalize UW // Membership Meeting // Return to Campus // UAW Referendum
Membership Meeting on September 16 Our next membership meeting will be on Thursday 9/16 from 5-6pm via Zoom. More details about how you can join the Zoom meeting will follow in next week’s email and will be posted here. The proposed agenda for the meeting is as...
Afghanistan solidarity // Return to campus updates // & More
Afghanistan Solidarity As the situation in Afghanistan continues developing, urgent action is needed in solidarity with Afghan communities abroad and locally. There are a number of things each member can do this week to help: Petition: If you haven’t already,...
Afghan solidarity petition // Return to campus // & More
Support Afghan Students, Faculty & Staff at UW Please sign onto this petition calling for University of Washington administration to provide concrete support to Afghan students, faculty, and staff! In the wake of the devastating news coming from Afghanistan, it...
Return to Campus // Departmental Organizing // Defending Democracy Webinar
Health and Safety Meeting on Monday As we head into Fall Quarter and return to campus, there are still many unresolved questions about UW plans on vaccine attestation, masking, and safety precautions in a changing pandemic landscape. This is a rapidly evolving...
Vote by Aug 3rd // Postdoc trainer for EPIC // & More!
Vote by Aug 3rd! Just a few more days to get those ballots in! Local elections impact our everyday lives in so many ways and these races will decide how our cities and counties approach climate and racial justice, public safety, COVID relief, affordable housing and...
1M1V Referendum Vote // Vote! Vote! And Get out the Vote! // Hiring Postdoc EPIC Trainer
Update Your Address for Important UAW Vote Yesterday, you should have received an email with information about an important upcoming UAW-wide referendum, 1 Member 1 Vote (1M1V). 1M1V would change the way officers of the UAW International Executive Board (IEB) are...
Time-sensitive: Update your address for important UAW vote
This fall, there will be a UAW-wide vote on an important referendum, 1 Member 1 Vote (1M1V). 1M1V would change the way officers of the UAW International Executive Board (IEB) are elected, and all members from local UAW chapters (i.e., “Locals”) across the country will...