The Union of Academic Student Employees, Postdocs & Researcher Staff at the University of Washington

 

Welcome!

UAW 4121 is the union of graduate and undergraduate Academic Student Employees (Research Assistants, Teaching Assistants, Staff Assistants, Readers, Graders, Tutors), Postdocs, and Research Staff (Research Scientists, Research Engineers, Research Coordinators/Consultants) at the University of Washington.

Thanks to 25 years of collective action and strong membership participation, UAW 4121 members have been able to win major improvements – both to our working conditions at UW, and to our living conditions more broadly – on issues including wages, health care, equity and anti-discrimination, housing, international scholar issues, climate change, childcare and family leave, and much more.

New to UW? Find more information at the New Member Welcome Page!

Stand Up & Fight Back

2025 Policy Responses, Updates, & Actions

Academic Student Employees

Research Assistants, Teaching Assistants, Staff Assistants, Readers, Graders, Tutors

Postdoc Member Center

Latest information & updates.

UW Researcher Staff

Research Scientists, Research Engineers, Research Coordinators, and Research Consultants