Email Digest

This past week the University has finally started to provide significant amounts of information in response to our requests. We’re reviewing the documents they’ve provided to establish greater clarity in their positions on our bargaining proposals (including the...

Pending a new bargaining update, we’re writing to bring to your attention a couple of important campus actions happening today and tomorrow, involving student organizations that have been supportive of our efforts at the bargaining table. Thanks for your continued...

Today we agreed to extend our current contract temporarily to Friday, May 13th, 2011, in the interest of giving ourselves more time to attempt to work through the difficult issues that remain unresolved at the bargaining table. The University continues to cite likely...

We met with members of the University’s bargaining team again yesterday. As you know, UW made significant movement at the end of last week by agreeing to absorb a projected $1.9 million in health insurance premium increases to maintain our current benefit levels for...

After hours more of negotiations leading up to our contract expiration, we were able to make some progress. Having suggested otherwise for several weeks, the University has now agreed to absorb the increased costs of next year's GAIP health insurance premium...

Thanks to everyone who weathered the rain to hold UW accountable for its actions in negotiations!

We met again for a short session with the University’s bargaining team at the end the week. After making brief, non-comittal references to our proposals on childcare, fee waivers, and class ratios, UW spent most of the time discussing the health care plan....