Email Digest

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....