Academic Student Employees Member Center

Academic Student Employees (ASEs) are the nearly 5000 graduate and undergraduate TAs, RAs, SAs, instructors, graders, and tutors at all three UW campuses. Find out more information at the links below! If you can’t find what you’re looking for or want to get more...

Hourly ASE Wage Transparency

By taking action through our union, hourly Academic Student Employees (ASEs) — including all tutors, graders, readers, undergraduate TAs and undergraduate RAs — have successfully bargained regular increases to hourly ASE wages. For instance, when Seattle...

ASE Bargaining 2021 FAQ

Bargaining FAQs In the coming months, we will negotiate a new contract with the University that will determine our working conditions for the next few years — stipend levels, job security, workplace rights, etc. The actual bargaining takes place inside a meeting room,...

2021 ASE Bargaining Proposals

Below you’ll find the full text of all bargaining proposals passed during negotiations! This page will be updated within 24 hours of each bargaining session. For a short summary of the current status of some of the main proposals, check out this quick guide, and...