UAW Local 4121 is the Union for approximately 4,000 Academic Student Employees (ASEs) – Research Assistants, Teaching Assistants, Staff Assistants, Readers/Graders, Tutors, and Fellows and Trainees doing similar work – at the three campuses of the University of Washington. Our work as ASEs is critical to UW’s ability to provide accessible, quality education to tens of thousands of students each year and to maintain its world-renowned, cutting-edge research programs. In addition to negotiating and enforcing important workplace improvements for ASEs at UW, members of our Local fight for social and economic justice on campus and in the community through participation in a broad range of organizations and struggles.