by UAW | May 10, 2024 | 2024 ASE Bargaining
Last week, UW Admin called the police on a group of ASEs who were peacefully protesting in the office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. In the morning, we had a peaceful discussion with Deans Harris and Denis by their offices. During that conversation,...
by UAW | May 10, 2024 | 2024 ASE Bargaining
Over 6,000 Academic Student Employees at the University of Washington have been in bargaining since early February to improve their working conditions as they negotiate a successor contract with the University. Workers are fighting to build an equitable and accessible...
by Anastasia | May 9, 2024 | 2024 ASE Bargaining, Membership Updates
TL;DR: Victory! TA on our first ever Immigration Article; TA on Article 35: Workload Regents Rally TOMORROW! Admin files Unfair Labor Practice charge At today’s mediated bargaining session, our ASE bargaining team reached a Tentative Agreement on our bargaining unit’s...
by Anastasia | May 9, 2024 | 2024 ASE Bargaining, Membership Updates
Here’s the summary of yesterday’s mediated bargaining session: UW Admin is in full attack mode against their own workers. UW Admin has been stalling for months on wage increases for ASEs. Their current proposals would keep ASEs paid way below market rate while ASE...
by Anastasia | May 4, 2024 | 2024 ASE Bargaining, Membership Updates
Today at noon, hundreds of ASEs and community members gathered for a rally on the HUB Lawn, during which we committed to strike starting on May 14 if we do not have a new contract. UW Admin’s behavior this week has been disappointing. During Tuesday’s bargaining...
by Anastasia | May 4, 2024 | 2024 ASE Bargaining, Membership Updates
TL;DR Sign up NOW for May Day Mayhem! UW works because we do; join tomorrow’s work-in! Tomorrow we unleash May Day Mayhem. Sign up NOW for Day 1. We’ve told Admin over and over — April 30th is a REAL deadline with REAL consequences. Unfortunately, as it stands right...
