Email Digest
Final Elections Announcement – Fall 2024 Steward Elections (ALL steward positions open) & Vacancy Elections for Joint Council positions
Attention UAW 4121 Members, The Elections Committee was notified of additional errors regarding the fall 2024 elections. Please read the following information details, an updated list of vacant positions, and an adjusted election timeline. Members in good standing now...
Correction for Fall 2024 Vacancies Election
Attention UAW 4121 Members, The Elections Committee was recently notified of an error in how open steward positions were calculated. The previously announced open positions were calculated using the number of members when they should’ve been calculated based on the...
Nominations Open for Vacant Steward and Executive Committee Positions
Dear UAW Members, Nominations for all vacant positions in UAW 4121 are open as of 9am PST Monday, October 21st and will close on 5pm PST Friday, October 25th. This is an opportunity to take a leadership position in your department and in our union. You do not have to...
Job Posting: UAW 4121 Membership Organizing Staff
Deadline for Applying: October 14, 2024 at 5pm UAW 4121 is the union representing 8,500 academic workers (Postdocs, Research Scientists/Engineers and Academic Student Employees) at all three campuses of the University of Washington. We are seeking to hire up to an...
Ratification Vote closes TOMORROW & additional resources
The ratification vote on our Tentative Agreement (TA) closes TOMORROW at 7pm. This Tentative Agreement (TA) that is being presented to membership for ratification is a direct result of thousands of members coming together to build power and organizing capacity in...
Read Perspectives from Bargaining Team & members on our Contract TA
The ratification vote on our Tentative Agreement (TA) is open now until Friday at 7pm. Voting is open to all ASE members–find the link here if you haven’t received it in your inbox. Our ASE bargaining team voted 12-1 to make this TA and to recommend that members vote...
Wages Breakdown for the Tentative Agreement
After more than three months of negotiations, ASEs have secured a strong Tentative Agreement (TA) that we are now voting to ratify. This TA contains the highest raises ASEs at UW have ever won—though not everything that we deserve, these raises will put hundreds more...
Vote YES on the Tentative Agreement!
As of noon today, the ratification vote on the Tentative Agreement is open to all ASE union members, and closes at 7pm on Friday. Our ASE bargaining team is recommending a YES vote on this Tentative Agreement. Our unit has fought hard over years to build power and...
Tentative Agreement Overview
Wage Increases A 36% increase to the base ASE salary over the life of the contract (12%/10%/10%)—the largest raises our bargaining unit has ever won in a contract 5% instead of 7.5% difference between steps in the base rate Premaster: 12%/10%/10% Intermediate:...
Tentative Agreement! Strike Paused
This evening, our ASE bargaining team reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) with the University. The team is recommending this TA for ratification by membership; the strike is on pause while membership votes on ratification. This Tentative Agreement will become our...