Email Digest
Reminder: Membership Meeting Tomorrow, 5:30 SAV 260
Our next monthly membership meeting is Thursday, January 11, from 5:30pm-6pm in Savery 260. The proposed agenda for the meeting is as follows: Approve Agenda Approve Minutes Contract Campaign & Bargaining Demands Round Tables Adjourn All members in good standing...
January Membership Meeting, Bargaining Demands
Our next monthly membership meeting is Thursday, January 11, from 5:30pm-6pm in a room on campus TBD. The proposed agenda for the meeting is as follows: Approve Agenda Approve Minutes Contract Campaign & Bargaining Demands Round Tables Adjourn Any member who would...
UPDATE: Tuition Waiver Tax Likely Dead! Membership Meeting Tomorrow
Tuition Waivers Exciting news! Today, the Senate-House conference committee announced that that a tax on tuition waivers will not be in the final version of the tax plan. This is a huge win, and it has only happened because of you! UAW 4121 members, the Graduate and...
Next Membership Meeting – Bargaining Survey Results, Demands
Our next monthly membership meeting is Thursday, December 14, from 5pm-6:30pm in Sieg 134. (Note that because of finals scheduling, the meeting will begin at 5 rather than the regular 5:30.) The proposed agenda for the meeting is as follows: Approve Agenda Approve...
Update on Tuition Waiver Tax
Sign the nationwide petition to defend tuition waivers! Negotiations in Congress continue over the GOP Tax Bill, which contains numerous regressive and unjust provisions to reduce taxes for the wealthy by taxing grad tuition, repealing key sections of the Affordable...
Take Action on Low Income Weatherization
With black ice on the ground this morning and a winter chill in the air, we’re heating our homes more and driving up power consumption along with our utility bills. Washington’s weatherization program helps low-income homes and apartments make improvements that save...
Tuition Waiver Tax Updates, Keep Pressuring Congress!
On Wednesday, hundreds of UAW 4121 members and allies rallied in opposition to the GOP Tax Plan that would treat tuition waivers as taxable income. Following late-night deal-making on Thursday that swayed four additional Republican senators, the Senate’s version of...
Rally to Defend Tuition Waivers Tomorrow at Noon!
As you know, Congress is considering a tax plan that would treat tuition waivers as taxable income, which would increase the typical UW graduate employee’s taxes by about $5000 per year, a change that would completely undermine the affordability and accessibility of...
All Out on Wednesday 29th!
As you know, the Trump/Republican tax bill would have devastating effects on working people and our families. The proposal to eliminate the tax exempt status of our tuition waivers would more than double the taxable income of most RAs and TAs. This change would...
Take Action to Protect Tuition Waivers!
Last week, we sent out an email describing how the GOP Tax Plan would impact the typical graduate employee at UW by treating tuition waivers as taxable income. Hundreds of people have signed on to our petition, and members are making their voices clear -- taxing...