Research Staff: Act for a Strong Contract!
We are currently in negotiations with UW administration for a new contract that will determine our working conditions for the next few years — on issues of compensation, workplace rights, and more. The involvement and activism of every single union member is critical to bargaining success. Our ability to move administration on our core issues depends on whether the administration sees that we’re united and serious about our bargaining demands.
Bargaining Schedule & Updates
Upcoming Sessions
Gateway Building; UDSB.228
Throughout bargaining, this section will be updated with resources to understand how contract negotiations are going. Questions and/or want to get involved in developing resources to agitate, educate, and organize our coworkers to win a strong contract? Reach out to bargaining-RS@uaw4121.org
Latest Bargaining Updates
Proposals Tracker
This tracker contains full text for all article proposals exchanged between UW administration and our RS bargaining team. Articles which have reached tentative agreement will be marked as TA.
Meet the Bargaining Team
Join the Contract Action Team
Sign up to be a Contract Action Team (CAT) member in your department.
The Contract Action Team are point people for updates, questions, and conversations about the contract campaign in a department. A strong network of CATs across UW will be crucial to our ability to win a strong contract by making sure that every single member is connected and empowered to take action together!
Fill out the form below to get started.
Get connected with organizing:
The foundation of our power is in making sure that our coworkers are signed up as members to have a say in our collective future. Building this powerful movement grounded in mass participation & empowerment takes each and every one of us.
Fill out the form below or reach out to the RS Organizing Committee (bargaining-RS@uaw4121.org) to get connected to other members in your department & area.
Meet the Contract Action Team
Sylvia Lutze
Research Consultant/Coordinator (CoCo)
IHME
Phil Neff
Research Consultant/Coordinator (CoCo)
Jackson School of International Studies
Caroline Fradette
Research Scientist/Engineer (RSE)
CICOES
Leah Franklin
Research Consultant/Coordinator (CoCo)
OB/GYN
Patrick Aro
Research Scientist/Engineer (RSE)
DLMP
Payton Smythe
Research Scientist/Engineer (RSE)
Psychiatry
Han Weinrich
Research Scientist/Engineer (RSE)
CICOES
Jennifer Nomura
Research Scientist/Engineer (RSE)
Oceanography (Marine Ops)
Kieran Claassen
Research Consultant/Coordinator (CoCo)
CICOES (GTMBA)
Haley Martin
Research Scientist/Engineer (RSE)
DCM
Oren Fox
Research Scientist/Engineer (RSE)
CSE
