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Trans* Affirming Health Care Victory Great news!  The University has agreed to settle our grievance and make GAIP inclusive of gender confirmation.  As a result of activists on campus in the community – both ASEs and not – who have pushed for inclusive health...

  Sign Me On!   Union members from across campus have developed initial bargaining demands for upcoming negotiations with the University.  This has been based on input from the bargaining survey, research into other contracts, our grievance history, and...

[Bargaining for the Public Good] “…means keeping in mind all UW students and personnel, all in the state of WA, and all who serve our university (from janitors to those who sew UW apparel.)  It means treating all these people with dignity.” – Response from UAW member...

The UAW 4121 contract expires April 30, 2015. In preparation for bargaining a new contract, Local 4121 members have been researching how our successful contract enforcement efforts at UW and our solidarity efforts with other unions and campus/community groups can be...

Now that the new plan year has begun for 2014/15 health insurance coverage under the Graduate Appointee Insurance Program (GAIP), we have learned that Academic Student Employees who should be covered may have been denied benefits because Lifewise Assurance Company...

Every year we meet with UW to review our GAIP health insurance benefits and evaluate the experience of ASEs and their dependents under the plan. This year we’ve met twice (once in May and one in August) in anticipation of bargaining a new contract in Spring quarter...

Those of you working this summer will see our contractually bargained wage increases on your UW paycheck issued July 25th (for the pay period ending July 15th). Wages in all base rate departments will increase 10% this year per the contract, and all hourly wage rates...