Email Digest

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...

Speak Up for Research Funding! Last week UAW members in higher education around the country started a nationwide campaign to defend research funding against proposed cuts by President Trump’s budget. Today at the Clean and Fair Economy Summit in Olympia, a delegation...

Dear friends and UAW4121 members, UAW4121 is honored to be working closely with a broad coalition of Washington organizations to usher in a fair, clean energy economy and truly address carbon pollution in our state. This month we stepped into a formal role with the...

Resources and Upcoming Meeting: Fight Back Against Attack on DACA Earlier this week we provided some resources for those impacted by the Trump administration announcement to rescind DACA.  As we continue to work with coalition partners in the Washington Immigrant...

This morning, the Trump administration again attacked communities of color with the decision to end the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program. Make no mistake, this is related to the travel ban, and another example of Trump’s racist, xenophobic agenda....

Our union's climate justice working group has been working with labor communities in King County and across the state to build conversation around climate change and a just transition to a clean energy economy. A key partner in this work is the Washington State...

Dear UAW Member, Donald Trump's proposed federal budget is soon coming up for debate in Congress. As if his abhorrent actions around immigration (the travel ban), and his recent efforts to sanitize the racist actions of white supremacists in Charlottesville haven’t...