Email Digest

Today in bargaining there was barely perceptible movement from UW Admin.  The only movement they have made towards us since the April 30th straw poll has been: On May 8th, they removed language from their fees proposal that would enable them to arbitrarily raise or...

As a reminder, TODAY we will hold a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. in Sieg Hall 134 to make our final preparations for a one-day strike on Tuesday May 15 in the event that we are not able to reach agreement in bargaining today. Although we are not optimistic that the UW...

Bargaining On Monday we will hold a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. in Sieg Hall (room tbd) to make our final preparations for a one-day strike on Tuesday May 15 in the event that we are not able to reach agreement in bargaining tomorrow. Although we are not optimistic...

As we gear up for the ASE One-Day Strike on Tuesday, May 15th, your participation is needed for all of us to win! The more people who get involved, the more effective this strike will be towards securing a fair contract. Starting today, we will be sending daily...

Action: Thursday 12-12:45 Rally at Red Square 12:50-1:30 ASE Comments at Meeting On Thursday the UW Board of Regents are meeting on campus. This board makes major decisions for the university -- including major financial decisions. This is an opportunity for the...

Today we  were joined once again by the mediator, and we bargained with the University for almost 15 hours. University Admin appeared to get the message that members have loudly and vehemently rejected their last, best and final offer from April 30th, and they made...

Student Support Student support for our bargaining demands is growing! Yesterday, Husky 100 delivered a letter to President Cauce supporting our demands, and Huskies United posted this video expressing their support. These messages of solidarity are in addition to...

Our monthly membership meeting will be on Thursday 5/10 from 5:30-7pm in Gowen 201. The proposed agenda for the meeting is as follows: Approve Agenda Minutes Bargaining Update Postdoc Update Proposed Bylaws Amendments (regarding stewards and regarding gender pronouns...

By a margin of 2272 to 196, UAW Local 4121 members have overwhelmingly rejected the last contract offer that the UW Administration made on April 30th. It included: A 2% per year wage increase, but a major takeaway that would enable UW to impose any new fees or...