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Seeking members to serve on the 4121 elections committee
There are currently several open seats on the UAW 4121 Elections Committee. If you are interested in making sure our local has smoothly run elections, please consider serving on the Elections Committee. The committee has seven seats and one alternate; time commitment is several hours concentrated around a few times per year. You can accept your nomination by emailing elections@uaw4121.org by 5pm Thursday, 01/11/24, or accepting your nomination at the membership meeting on 1/11 at 5pm.
Academic Student Employees – Initial Bargaining Demands, Running OUT OF TIME to SIGN ON
Through the bargaining survey, area meetings, organizing committees, and 1-1 conversations, ASEs made it clear what we want to see changed and where we want to focus our energy during bargaining. To let UW Admin know that they should take our negotiations seriously, all ASEs need to sign on to the IBDs! UW Admin needs to know that we stand together in support of these demands and are ready to fight for the contract we deserve.
Postdocs and Research Scientists, you can support by asking the ASEs around you whether they’ve signed on yet!
Upcoming Local 4121 Meetings, Events, Trainings
January Membership Meeting
Our monthly membership meetings are the 2nd Thursday of the month at 5pm. Our next meeting is January 11th at 5pm on Zoom. Please RSVP here. All members in good standing are encouraged to attend.Any member who would like to propose additional agenda items or submit materials for the meeting is welcome to email uaw4121@uaw4121.org by 5pm on Wednesday, January 10th. For more information about how the meeting will be structured and how you can use Zoom’s features to participate, check out this page on our website.
Bargaining 101
Members of the ASE Bargaining Committee will be hosting one hour Bargaining 101 sessions in January! If you’re looking for a place to find out more and ask questions, RSVP to attend a session on Friday Jan 5th or Jan 26th at 3pm!
Organizing 101
Our union is made up of members and it is only through organizing our colleagues that we can build a strong community of colleagues to win and enforce strong contracts. Increasing our organizing power is critical since ASEs are back at the bargaining table in the beginning of 2024.
If you are someone who talks with your colleagues about department or university happenings, then good news, you are already doing the work of organizing! Please join an upcoming Organizing 101 training to enhance your skills. There is one more session this month on 12/18 and several scheduled in January.
RSVP HERE to attend a training with colleagues from across the ASE, Postdoc, and RSE units!
Beyond UW
In higher ed, here are the updates from this week:
Fur-One-Two-One Pet of the Week
Jessie is a 15-year-old shiba inu who is passionate about chicken and sleeping 20 hours a day. When awake, she spends time with Natasha Crepeau, a 3rd year PhD student in the math department and ASE Head Steward.
(If you’d like to submit your pet to be featured, please email comms@uaw4121.org)
In Solidarity,
Justin Applegate
Luci Baker
Rebecca Bluett
Brant Bowers
Francesca Colonnese
Natasha Crepeau
Iván Cruz
Pat Erickson
Brendy Fountaine
Max Friedfeld
Abby Gambrill
Connor Gettings
Soohyung Hur
Levin Kim
Peter Lindquist
Avi Matarasso
Nicel Mohamed-Hinds
Deborah Nemens
Nelson Niu
Katie Osterhage
Marissa Parker
Sarah Pristash
Mara Rafferty
Tahiyat Rahman
Anastasia Schaadhardt
Natalie Wellen
Ryan Will
Jayden Wood
Tricia Wu
Yuying Xie
Candice Young |
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