by UAW 4121 | May 31, 2011 | 2010-11 Contract Campaign, Membership Updates
We have encouraging news. Thanks to all the outreach done by UAW 4121 members in recent weeks, 27 Washington State Legislators (from both the Senate and the House, both Democrat and Republican) have decided to publicly show support for our contract campaign by signing...
by UAW 4121 | May 13, 2011 | 2010-11 Contract Campaign, Membership Updates
This past week the University has finally started to provide significant amounts of information in response to our requests. We’re reviewing the documents they’ve provided to establish greater clarity in their positions on our bargaining proposals (including the...
by UAW 4121 | May 11, 2011 | 2010-11 Contract Campaign, Membership Updates
Pending a new bargaining update, we’re writing to bring to your attention a couple of important campus actions happening today and tomorrow, involving student organizations that have been supportive of our efforts at the bargaining table. Thanks for your continued...
by UAW 4121 | May 9, 2011 | 2010-11 Contract Campaign, Membership Updates
Today we agreed to extend our current contract temporarily to Friday, May 13th, 2011, in the interest of giving ourselves more time to attempt to work through the difficult issues that remain unresolved at the bargaining table. The University continues to cite likely...
by UAW 4121 | May 5, 2011 | 2010-11 Contract Campaign, Membership Updates
We met with members of the University’s bargaining team again yesterday. As you know, UW made significant movement at the end of last week by agreeing to absorb a projected $1.9 million in health insurance premium increases to maintain our current benefit levels for...
by UAW 4121 | May 2, 2011 | 2010-11 Contract Campaign, Membership Updates
After hours more of negotiations leading up to our contract expiration, we were able to make some progress. Having suggested otherwise for several weeks, the University has now agreed to absorb the increased costs of next year’s GAIP health insurance premium...