Email Digest

As you may have seen, last week’s budget proposal by Congressional Republicans includes a provision to treat tuition waivers as income, subjecting them to taxes. For a typical graduate employee at UW enrolled in a standard Tier 1 PhD program this would result in about...

As a reminder, our November membership meeting is tomorrow, Thursday November 9, from 5:30-7pm in Bagley 131. The proposed agenda for the meeting is as follows: Approve Agenda Approve Minutes Workgroup Updates: Find out what members are doing to take action on Budget,...

Our next monthly membership meeting is Thursday, November 9, from 5:30-7:30pm in Bagley 131. The proposed agenda for the meeting is as follows: Approve Agenda Approve Minutes Workgroup Updates Update on Postdoc Organizing Drive Elections Committee Contract Campaign...

Tomorrow, Wednesday November 1st, a coalition of housing justice organizations will be hosting an action at City Hall to push for a Seattle City Budget that stops the sweeps of homeless encampments and funds affordable housing instead. This will mark the two-year...

Dear UAW Member, Earlier this month, we sent out an email outlining a number of issues the UW’s new payroll system Workday has caused -- issues with health insurance enrollment, wages being delayed, tuition waivers not being processed, and more. Since then, many of...

Dear 4121 member, Ballots for the general election were mailed out on Wednesday, and ballots need to be postmarked by Election Day November 7 or returned to a ballot dropbox by 8pm November 7. If you're an new voter, you can still register in-person with King Co....

In June, the University’s new $90 million payroll system Workday went into effect, and since then, we have received many reports of issues with the system. Members across campus have reported problems such as: Improper tax withholding (most students should be exempt...

Our first monthly membership meeting of the year is Thursday, October 12 from 5:30-7:30pm in Bagley 131. The proposed agenda for the meeting is as follows: Approve Agenda Approve Minutes Welcome & Union Overview Bargaining Housing Affordability Campaign...

Help build our housing affordability campaign by filling out this survey! A few weeks ago, we sent out an email describing the UW’s recent plan to combat Seattle’s housing affordability crisis by developing 150 affordable housing units in the U-District. While we...

Whether you’re new to the Seattle area or have lived here for years, you likely know all too well the current burden of ever-increasing housing costs. Last year, our Local was active in fighting for legislation to help lower the strain of moving costs for tenants in...