Email Digest
You May Be Owed Money for Health Care Services
University's violation of the collective bargaining agreement means you might be owed money In October 2014, Lifewise and the University implemented benefits cuts to the Graduate Appointee Insurance Program (GAIP), the health insurance plan for UW academic student...
Bargaining Update for 2/18/15 and Membership Meeting Tomorrow (2/19/15)
Happy Lunar New Year's Eve! We met with the University’s bargaining team today, and discussed a number of items on our bargaining agenda. Some of these items were positively received by the University—for example, the University expressed interest in our proposal to...
Membership Meeting; Election Deadline; Bargaining
Membership Meeting Our next membership meeting will be held on Thursday, February 19 at 5 PM in South Lake Union E130A&B. All members in good standing are encouraged to attend, and as always children are welcome and new members may sign up to join the union at...
Bargaining & Membership Meeting
Bargaining Update We met with the University’s bargaining team again yesterday, and discussed numerous items on our bargaining agenda. In particular, the exchange over health insurance benefits reinforced that we have a significant way to go in moving the University...
Reminder – Bargaining and Membership Meetings Tomorrow (1/28/2015)
Our next bargaining committee meeting with the University will take place tomorrow (Thursday 1/29) in Condon 311 starting at 9:00 a.m. All UAW 4121 members are welcome and encouraged to attend. If you can’t make it, please follow the process by reading updates on...
Bargaining Updates, Membership Meeting, and More
Bargaining Update Click here to add your name to the initial contract demands! In today’s meeting with the University we focused on improving health care, creating greater inclusiveness and accessibility on campus, and determining the effects of the University...
The Year Ahead
Welcome back. Hope you had a good break. Here's a reprise of our victories in 2014 and a preview of the challenges to come in 2015. In particular, please add your name to the bargaining demands and note our bargaining agenda and schedule, the upcoming membership...
Fast-food strike, day of wage actions TODAY (12/4)
Thousands of fast food workers in 190-plus U.S. cities will strike TODAY for $15 and the right to organize — including here in Washington state, where workers will strike and rally for $15 in Bellevue, Kent, Aberdeen, and Olympia. For more information see...
Support Graduate Employees at the University of Oregon who are striking for a fair contract.
Today graduate employees at the University of Oregon (GTFF, AFT Local 3544) are striking for a fair contract. Read more about it and sign a solidarity petition here: http://gtff3544.net/ The UAW 4121 executive board has also sent the GTFF the following letter of...
