Email Digest

As a reminder, today’s membership meeting is 5:30-7:00 p.m. in EEB 105. The agenda is below: 1. Approve agenda 2. Approve minutes 3. Working group reports a. Political b. Racial Justice c. Contract Enforcement d. Housing Justice e. Sexual Harassment & Assault 4....

WA State Ballot Initiative Campaigns (2016) YES on Initiative 1433 to raise the minimum wage & establish paid sick leave YES on Initiative 1501 to protect vulnerable individuals & in-home caregivers Puget Sound Area Ballot Initiative Campaign (2016) APPROVE on Sound...

Next Thursday, October 13, from 5:30-7pm in Savery 260 we’ll welcome new members and returning members to our first regular monthly membership meeting of the year.  This is a great opportunity to meet other union members, find out about what’s going on around campus...

Social Next Thursday (9/29), join with other UAW members to kick off the year at Big Time Brewery from 6-8 p.m. Get your free drink, share some snacks with other members from across campus, and learn a bit about what’s happening this year in the union. New members are...

As you may know, two of our fellow UW unions, WFSE 1488 and SEIU 925, are currently in joint bargaining with University administration. Their contract expires in less than two weeks, but the University is stalling on giving them a fair contract. When we were...

This summer, we've been working on updating our website with some new content and restructuring. We're making a number of improvements aimed at increasing accessibility of information and ease of use, including: Posting meeting minutes: We'll have space dedicated to...

Exciting news! Today, the National Labor Relations Board overturned a 2004 decision that denied the right to collectively bargain to student workers at private colleges and universities, and instead ruled that Academic Student Employees at private institutions are...

UAW 4121 along with the King County Labor Council, the International Labor Rights Forum, the Sierra Club, and many other groups is sponsoring a free, all-ages concert, Rock Against the TPP, at Seattle’s Showbox SoDo on Friday Aug 19. The concert is designed to raise...