Contract Action Team
What is the Contract Action Team (CAT)?
It will take all 8,000+ Academic Student Employees, Postdocs, and Research Scientists working together to win the contracts we deserve. In every department, lab, cohort, building, and teaching team, workers need to come together to shape our workplace priorities and take action to improve our workplace rights. In order to build the mass, supermajority participation necessary, workers across UW Seattle, Bothell and Tacoma are joining the Contract Action Team (CAT) to make sure our coworkers stay informed and ready to win strong contracts in the years to come.
What do CATs do?
Members of the Contract Action Team are committing to:
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Publicly participate: attend bargaining sessions, wear union gear, and be a visible union supporter.
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Keep others informed: talk to coworkers about bargaining, relay updates from our Bargaining Committee, answer questions, and address concerns
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Mobilize coworkers: make sure colleagues know the stakes of this contract fight, are participating in shaping and ratifying bargaining priorities, and are standing together to put pressure on UW Admin through rallies and other direct actions, — up to and including a strike if justified and necessary
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Expand the CAT: identify coworkers who can do all of the above in their own lab, cohort, floor, teaching team, or other group of workers
How do I join the CAT (or nominate somebody else)?
Anyone can nominate themself or a coworker to the CAT, and anyone nominated gets started on joining the CAT with a short training and onboarding. You should nominate a coworker who is respected by their colleagues or is the go-to person for questions about our union and contracts. Click the button or fill out the form below.
Sylvia Lutze
Research Consultant/Coordinator (CoCo)
IHME
Phil Neff
Research Consultant/Coordinator (CoCo)
Jackson School of International Studies
Franklin Guevara
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Chemical Engineering
Nila Cibu
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Statistics
Haden Wikar
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Chemistry
Leah Franklin
Research Consultant/Coordinator (CoCo)
OB/GYN
Emma Anastasi
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Anthropology
Sofya Akhetova
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
ECE&AA
Dustin Mullaney
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Jayden Eppley
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Chemistry
Stella Heflin
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Atmospheric + Climate Science
Cecily Rosenbaum
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Chemistry
Doria Unrau
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Chemistry
Ian Campbell
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Materials Science and Engineering
Daniel Lund
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
MSE
Yarra Hassan
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Chemistry
Madeline Currie
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Chemistry
Emmi Russo
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Information School
Kevin Moser
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Chemistry
Brian Sun
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Chemistry
Stevie Walker
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Oceanography
Peter Lindquist
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Earth & Space Sciences
Shirley Mathur
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Statistics
Madeleine Bentley
Research Consultant/Coordinator (CoCo)
HSPOP
Alana Dee
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Electrical Engineering
Sean Richardson
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Mathematics
Nelson Niu
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Mathematics
Madisen Hallsten
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Chemistry
Haylee Meissner
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Chemistry
Leah Zahn
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Mathematics
Angelina Zhang
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Chemistry
Kyra Wilson
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Information School
Kayla Markuson
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Chemistry
Rachelle Stowell
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Chemistry
Matthew Elardo
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Chemistry
Jason Barr
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Atmospheric and Climate Sciences
Wes Leininger
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Chemistry
Payton Smythe
Research Scientist/Engineer (RSE)
Psychiatry
Han Weinrich
Research Scientist/Engineer (RSE)
CICOES
Soohyung Hur
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Geography
Caroline Fradette
Research Scientist/Engineer (RSE)
CICOES
Jake Sacks
Postdoc (PD)
Computer Science & Engineering
Patrick Aro
Research Scientist/Engineer (RSE)
DLMP
Cecilia Martindale
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Beth Armentrout
Postdoc (PD)
Nursing
Breanna Brown
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Biostatistics
Sophia Johnson
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Earth and Space Science
Alan Boles
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Statistics
Sarah Larsen
Research Scientist/Engineer (RSE)
Radiology
Alana McGovern
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Statistics
Meziah Ruby Cristobal
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Human Centered Design and Engineering
Jasper Yang
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Biostatistics
Audrie Langlais-Elliott
Postdoc (PD)
Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine
Haley Martin
Research Scientist/Engineer (RSE)
DCM
Oren Fox
Research Scientist/Engineer (RSE)
CSE
Richard Colwell
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Materials Science & Engineering
Eric So
Research Scientist/Engineer (RSE)
Pediatrics
Samuel Hart
Postdoc (PD)
Genome Sciences
Joshua Sturman
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Political Science
Sam Charney
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Astronomy
Kieran Claassen
Research Consultant/Coordinator (CoCo)
CICOES (GTMBA)
Katherine Palaeologus
Research Consultant/Coordinator (CoCo)
Clinical Trials Office
Lanz Banes
Research Scientist/Engineer (RSE)
Social Work
Minke Nota
Postdoc (PD)
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Carina Biar
Research Scientist/Engineer (RSE)
Genome Sciences
Ethan Robinson
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
English, Creative Writing
Andrew Frando
Postdoc (PD)
Pulmonary
Jenna Morris
Postdoc (PD)
School of Environmental and Forest Sciences (SEFS)
Lucy Helms
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Earth and Space Sciences
Daniel Sandborn
Postdoc (PD)
School of Oceanography
Kaitlyn Rutter
Postdoc (PD)
Biochemistry
Michael Cervia
Postdoc (PD)
Physics
William Livernois
Postdoc (PD)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Angela Christman
Research Scientist/Engineer (RSE)
Pediatrics
Caroline Blommel
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Carlie Neiswanger
Postdoc (PD)
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
William Yik
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Atmospheric and Climate Science
Cassandra Henderson
Postdoc (PD)
CEE
Samuel Jahn
Postdoc (PD)
Chemistry
Ian Chang
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
CSE
Nick Tusay
Postdoc (PD)
Astronomy
Jennifer Nomura
Research Scientist/Engineer (RSE)
Oceanography (Marine Ops)
Troy Zaremba
Postdoc (PD)
Department of Atmospheric and Climate Sciences
Medha Agarwal
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Statistics
Aakash Manapat
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
ATMS
Ryan Friedman
Postdoc (PD)
Genome Sciences
Kelsey Kanavel
Academic Student Employee (ASE)
Public Health Genetics
Dino Bektesevic
Postdoc (PD)
Astronomy