3/9/2024 Bargaining Update

Dear Colleague, Nelson here—Math PhD student, Teaching Assistant, and ASE Bargaining Team member. This past year, I’ve been organizing to develop our demands for international ASE protections, workplace equity, and more. This is my first time on a union bargaining...

2/27/2024 Bargaining Update

Dear Colleague, Yesterday, we met with UW Management in our third bargaining session. We presented two proposals and responded to Management’s proposals that they started bringing to the table. This was the last bargaining session of February, with two months until...

2/20/2024 Bargaining Update

Dear Colleague,Our second day of bargaining with UW Admin for our next Academic Student Employee (ASE) contract is in the books: hear the highlights from Soohyung Hur (ASE Head Steward, Geography) and Ben Anderson (Bioengineering). So far, we have proposed twenty...

2/9/2024 Bargaining Update

Dear Colleague, We kicked off bargaining for our next Academic Student Employee (ASE) contract with UW Admin today! In our first bargaining session, we presented our Initial Bargaining Demands (IBDs) as ratified by thousands of ASEs across the UW alongside proposals...