by UAW 4121 | Jun 2, 2023 | Membership Updates, PD bargaining updates
Strike Preparation We still don’t have a fair contract and unless that changes, we will strike starting June 7th. Our 80+ strike captains have been holding Area Meetings around campus and more will be happening on Monday and Tuesday to discuss strike prep. If you...
by UAW 4121 | May 26, 2023 | Membership Updates, PD bargaining updates
Thank you to the hundreds of you who came to our mass action. This was another great example of our two units’ engagement and mobilization strength. In February, both Research Scientists and Postdocs took strike authorization votes and a supermajority voted yes....
by UAW 4121 | Apr 22, 2023 | Membership Updates
Last week’s April Monthly Membership Meeting centered around the theme of building collective power through solidarity and membership empowerment. Members approved the Elections Committee’s proposed schedule for Spring quarter vacancy elections, discussed updates from...
by UAW 4121 | Apr 6, 2023 | Membership Updates, PD bargaining updates
RSVP to mass meeting 4/13, 12pm Please RSVP to attend our April Mass Meeting which will be on zoom Thursday April 13th at noon. We will cover updates about both Postdoc and RSE bargaining, what we have won so far, what we are still fighting for, and what actions we...
by UAW 4121 | Feb 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
UAW 4121, the union of 8,000 academic workers at the University of Washington, supports the first-in-the-nation ordinance to ban caste discrimination in Seattle, introduced by Councilmember Kshama Sawant with support from over fifty organizations, including our union...