Email Digest
Reminder: Membership Meeting Next Thursday, 11/12
Don’t forget: our regular monthly membership meeting will take place next Thursday, 11/12 at 5:00 p.m. in Loew Hall 106. The agenda will include work being done by individual members and work groups to enforce the contract and upcoming opportunities to be involved on...
Sign Now in Support of UW Faculty Collective Bargaining
As you may have heard, UW faculty have begun the process of forming a union. UW administration has responded - as employers often do - by urging faculty to avoid unionizing. Faculty leaders are now circulating a petition urging UW administration to remain neutral as...
Those Health Insurance Documents That You May Be Receiving
Many of you have been receiving documents from Lifewise or your health care provider from visits or services you received last year. These are being sent to you as a result of an unfair labor practice charge and multiple grievances we filed when we learned the GAIP...
UAW Membership Survey: Trans Health and Equity
Dear colleagues: Navigating the bureaucratic ins-and-outs of university employment and health care can be challenging at the best of times, and the prospect of pursuing gender transition while involved in higher education can often seem daunting. Even with contractual...
International Student OPT Program in Jeopardy; #weareworkers
Critical Event for International Student Workers Thursday (10/15) 4:30 p.m. Loew Hall 106 Recently a US District Court issued a ruling overturning the 17-month OPT extension for international students in STEM fields. This ruling will severely curtail future employment...
Tomorrow: A Different Kind of Climate March
Tomorrow (Wednesday October 14) join with other UAW members and activists from throughout the state for a People's Climate March in downtown Seattle. See today's coverage in the Seattle P-I. As student workers, many of us are involved on and off campus in addressing...
Reminder: Membership Meeting Today!
Hope you can make it to our monthly membership meeting this evening (Thursday, 10/8) at 5pm in Gowen 201. We'll discuss current projects and hear action plans from work groups, as well as discuss ways in which members are working to build power and enforce their...
Social Tonight! Membership Meeting Next Thursday. And More
Orientations Welcome new UAW 4121 members! Over 850 new Academic Student Employees signed up for membership at department and hiring unit orientations these past two weeks, at a rate of nearly 90%. In addition 150 people indicated an interest in getting even more...
Building Fee Waiver; Minimum Wage Update
Building Fee Waiver We have heard concerns from many members that the building fee is not being waived properly. To give some context, this fee had never before been waived until our recent contract negotiations with the University. And in the contract we ratified,...
Social! People’s Climate March!
Come to Our Start of the Year Social! Next Thursday (10/1), join with other UAW members to kick off the year at Big Time Brewery from 5:30-7:00 p.m. Get your free drink, share some snacks with other members from across campus, and learn a bit about what’s happening...