Email Digest

4121 Weekly: UPASS Update, People’s Budget, and more!

  Dear UAW Member, U-PASS Bargaining Update Activism works! A free U-PASS is becoming a reality for 1000s of UW employees! Throughout August and September, ASEs rallied alongside several other UW unions in support of 100% transit subsidy for all UW employees....

Membership meeting, 10/11 @ 5:30

  Dear UAW member, Welcome new ASEs! Our first membership meeting of the new academic year is coming up, and all are welcome to come, hear what's happening, meet colleagues from around campus and learn how you can get involved!  Our monthly membership meeting...

Action Today: Cancel Kavanaugh! We Believe Survivors!

  Dear UAW member, In our recent contract campaign, one of our central themes was fighting gender-based discrimination and harassment on campus and making concrete changes to create a more inclusive climate. Due to mobilizations by thousands of members, we won...

Reminder: Fall Social Begins in 2 Hours!

  Dear UAW Member, Welcome and welcome back! Hundreds of new ASEs are signing up and more are joining in the coming weeks! Here are some ways you can get involved. Fall Social Get your free drink, share some snacks with other members from across campus, and learn...

4121 Weekly: Ballot Initiative 1631

  Dear UAW Community, Yes on I-1631 In November, Washington voters will determine the fate of ballot initiative 1631, a policy designed to protect our health and environment by pricing carbon and using the revenue to invest in clean energy, first nations,...

UPASS Bargaining Update

  Dear UAW Member, UPASS Bargaining Update Yesterday, the UW union coalition had a great rally in our fight for a free UPASS for all employees! The coalition shut down the intersection at Montlake and Pacific reasserting our power!  We are currently awaiting a...

4121 Weekly: UPASS Update and Action on Wednesday!

  Dear UAW Member, UPASS Update & Action Last Thursday, the UW union coalition met again with the UW Administration to bargain over the UPASS, as well as other items.  At that session, UW proposed that, if the coalition were to “agree to engage the City of...

U-PASS Rally TODAY 4-6pm

  Dear UAW Member, UPASS Action & Bargaining Come out today to help win fully funded UPASSes for all UW employees! By fully subsidizing the UPASS, UW can promote the use of public transportation, reducing traffic and carbon emissions, and lowering the fees we...

4121 Weekly: UPASS Action this Wednesday, and more!

Dear UAW Member, UPASS Action & Bargaining Coalition bargaining continues in the fight for a free UPASS for employees!  This Wednesday (9/12) there will be actions at Montlake & Pacific (the UW light rail station) as well as at Harborview.  There will be...

Prevention of Sexual Harassment Program

During our last contract negotiations, the UW administration and UAW 4121 reached an agreement to jointly create a Prevention of Sexual Harassment Program for UW Academic Student Employees. Two 0.5 FTE Training Specialists, Sam Sumpter and Paige Sechrest, have been...