Email Digest

  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...

  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...

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...

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...

  Dear UAW Member, Labor Day Action On Labor Day, Seattle Westin workers, the Labor Movement, and community supporters will hold a demonstration to demand that Marriott, the world’s biggest and richest hotel company, set the standard in the hotel industry and...

  Dear UAW Member, UPASS Bargaining As a reminder, this Thursday 8/16 is the first day of Coalition UPASS Bargaining. As an extension of the equity demands we made while bargaining our full contract in the spring, our Local is joining five other campus unions to...

As agreed during our contract negotiations in spring quarter, beginning August 16th our Local will be bargaining in coalition with other UW unions for subsidized UPASS for everyone on campus. This coalition bargaining is an important opportunity for furthering the...

UAW Local 4121 wins Mother Jones award                             Photos: Local 4121 members on strike, May 15, 2018; Judy Twedt and Sam Sumpter accepting the Mother Jones Award. UAW Local 4121 was awarded the Mother Jones Award at the Washington State Labor Council...

Families Belong Together Rally - This past week, we’ve seen multiple attacks from the federal government against immigrants, families and public sector employees around the country.  Beginning this Saturday (6/30), UAW Local 4121 members will rally to kick off a week...

As you may have seen, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision this morning in Janus v AFSCME, a case backed by corporate billionaires intended to weaken public sector unions, which changed the requirement that all represented employees must pay their fair share of...