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Tomorrow we unleash May Day Mayhem. Sign up NOW for Day 1. We’ve told Admin over and over — April 30th is a REAL deadline with REAL consequences. Unfortunately, as it stands right now, Admin will miss the deadline, so it’s time to crank up the pressure and give UW a taste of what an ASE strike will look like. Starting May 1st, ASEs will kick off rolling sit-ins at surprise locations. Sign up to get instructions tomorrow morning and each day after!
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Yesterday and this morning, we saw small movements in our Big Three Issues: Wages, Healthcare, and Immigration. But these small movements are not enough. Admin will only move if we make them, so sign up now.
Wages
Admin has moved to 6%/6%/6% raises over the three years of the contract while we proposed a 47% increase in the first year so that we make a similar salary to many University of California ASEs. Admin also continues to reject our proposal that all variable rate departments be guaranteed raises.
Healthcare
Admin made insignificant movement as they are still proposing that we start paying premiums. We continue to reject this part of UW’s proposal entirely–maintaining that we need $0 premiums to afford our healthcare.
Immigration
Admin has proposed mostly language that repeats current policies for non-citizen ASEs. We continue to fight for a new article with protections for non-citizen ASEs.
When our contract ends at midnight, we enter into a one-year “evergreen” period in which policies like grievances, leaves, health insurance, and other necessities continue so that we can keep working and the University can continue. However, there will be no wage increases and no other improvements to working conditions until we ratify our next contract. We need a new contract now!
Have questions? Want to get more involved? Be sure to join the 4121 Slack.
ASE Bargaining Team
Natalie Wellen (Applied Mathematics)
Justin Applegate (Biochemistry)
Tahiyat Rahman (Physics)
Anastasia Schaadhardt (Information School)
Soohyung Hur (Geography)
Yuying Xie (Geography)
Francesca Colonnese (English)
Candice Young (Molecular & Cellular Biology)
Natasha Crepeau (Mathematics)
Nelson Niu (Mathematics)
Jayden Wood (Mechanical Engineering)
Peter Lindquist (Earth & Space Sciences)
