Stewards are responsible for serving as organizers and points of contact for their department. They help encourage people to join the union, spread information about upcoming events, direct department members to union resources, and help organize the ASE/Postdocs in the department for collective actions that protect and expand our workplace rights. With the guidance of the contract enforcement committee, they can also represent and support colleagues through the grievance procedure if issues arise. Stewards receive training and support for both of these roles, so there’s no prior experience needed.

If you have questions about the position or your eligibility, please feel free to contact us at elections@uaw.org, and we can help put you in contact with a current steward to chat with. All Steward positions will last until September 2022.

Accepting Nomination

To accept nomination for one of the above positions, you must send your acceptance in an email to the Election Committee at elections@uaw4121.org, or by mail to Elections Committee c/o UAW Local 4121, 2633 Eastlake Ave E, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98102.

Acceptance must be received by mail or email no later than May 25th at 5:00pm PDT. The written statement of acceptance should state how the nominee wishes their name to appear on the ballot and the region in which they are accepting the nomination, if applicable.

Candidate Statements and Campaign Rules

Members accepting nomination may also submit a candidate statement (up to 500 words) to the Election Committee that must be received by the nomination deadline of May 25th at 5:00 pm PDT. Candidates may also submit a photo, which must have a square aspect ratio and be at least 200×200 pixels in resolution. In the case of contested positions, statements will be posted on the Local Union website no later than May 28th.

Candidates and those campaigning for them are responsible for familiarizing themselves with the rules governing elections and campaigns as laid out in the UAW 4121 Bylaws and the Constitution of the UAW International

Steward Vacancies

Two minor changes were made since this election was announced. There are three (3) Chemistry ASE stewards, not two (2), and the Oceanography Postdoc steward has already been filled. This list of vacancies has been updated to reflect these changes.

ASE Steward Vacancies

Department Number of Vacancies
(CSSCR) Center For Social Science Computation & Research 1
(CSSS) Center for Statistics & the Social Sciences 1
(IHME) Institute for Health Metrics & Evaluation 1
(OWRC) Odegaard Writing & Research Center 1
(POE) Program on the Environment 1
Accounting 1
Aeronautics & Astronautics 1
American Ethnic Studies 1
American Indian Studies 1
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine 1
Applied Mathematics 1
Applied Physics Lab 1
Atmospheric Sciences 1
Biochemistry 1
Bioengineering 1
Biology 1
Biomedical Informatics & Medical Education 1
Biostatistics 1
Bothell Campus 4
College of Built Environments 2
Chemistry 3
Civil & Environmental Engineering 3
(CLUE) Center for Undergraduate Learning & Education 2
Communication 1
CoMotion 1
Computer Science & Engineering 5
Dance 1
Dentistry 1
DXARTS 1
Earth & Space Sciences 1
Economics 1
Education 4
Engineering Academic Centers 1
Environmental & Forest Sciences 2
Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences 1
Evans School Of Public Policy & Governance, Daniel J. 1
Financial & Business Economics 1
French & Italian 1
Genome Sciences 1
Geography 1
Global Health 2
Health Services 1
History 1
Human Centered Design & Engineering 1
Immunology 1
Industrial Engineering 1
Information School 2
Information Systems & Operations Management 1
Law 1
Law, Societies & Justice 1
Management & Organization 2
Marine & Environmental Affairs 1
Marketing & International Business 1
Materials Science & Engineering 2
Mechanical Engineering 3
Medical Genetics 1
Medicinal Chemistry 1
Metabolism, Endocrinology & Nutrition 1
Molecular & Cellular Biology 1
Near Eastern Studies 1
Neuroscience 1
Nursing 1
Nutritional Sciences 1
OMA&D Instructional Center 1
Pediatrics 1
Pharmaceutics 1
Pharmacy 1
Physics 2
Psychiatry & Behavioral Science 1
Psychology 2
Rehabilitation Medicine 1
Scandinavian Languages and Literature 1
School of Social Work 1
Slavic Languages & Literatures 1
Speech & Hearing Sciences 1
Statistics 2
Student Athlete Academic Services 1
Tacoma Campus 1
Teaching & Learning Center 1
Washington Nanofabrication Facility 1

 

Postdoc Steward Vacancies

Department Number of Vacancies
Aeronautics & Astronautics 1
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine 1
Anthropology 1
Applied Mathematics 1
Applied Physics Lab 1
Aquatic & Fishery Sciences 1
Bioengineering 1
Biomedical Informatics & Medical Education 1
Biostatistics 1
Bothell Campus 1
College of Built Environments 1
Civil & Environmental Engineering 1
Computer Science & Engineering 1
Dentistry 1
DXARTS 1
Education 1
Electrical & Computer Engineering 1
Environmental & Forest Sciences 1
Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences 1
Epidemiology 1
Evans School Of Public Policy & Governance, Daniel J. 1
Global Health 1
Health Services 1
History 1
Human Centered Design & Engineering 1
Immunology 1
Information School 1
Linguistics 1
Marine & Environmental Affairs 1
Materials Science & Engineering 1
Mechanical Engineering 1
Small Medical School Departments 2
Medical Genetics 1
Metabolism, Endocrinology & Nutrition 1
Microbiology 1
Music 1
Nursing 1
Pathology 1
Pediatrics 1
Pharmacy 1
Philosophy 1
Physiology & Biophysics 1
Political Science 1
Psychiatry & Behavioral Science 1
Rehabilitation Medicine 1
Speech & Hearing Sciences 1
Statistics 1