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Reminder: UAW 4121 Monthly Membership Meeting Tomorrow, 2/26 @ 5:30pm
A friendly reminder that the next membership meeting will be TOMORROW, Thursday, 2/26, from 5:30-6:30pm, and will be over Zoom. To access the Zoom link, please fill out this RSVP form. The proposed agenda for the meeting is: Approve Agenda Welcome + Norms...
Reminder: Enroll in the Postdoc Caregiver Fund & take the Bargaining Survey today!!
I’m Steffi, a Postdoc in the Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, & Ecosystem Studies department here at UW and a mom to a 12-month-old, and I’m writing to remind you to enroll in the Postdoc Caregiver Fund by March 27th! I think Seattle is a wonderful place...
Bargaining Day 1 Recap: 7 agreements down, more to win on March 10th
This morning was the first Research Staff bargaining day. Based on the Initial Bargaining Demands our members have ratified, input through the bargaining survey, and thousands of conversations with our colleagues, the Research Staff unit has begun bargaining our...
UAW Members rally in Olympia to drive support for research funding
This past Monday, January 23rd, 30 UW students, postdocs, and research staff traveled to Olympia to support funding for research, joined with our peers from WSU & WWU. Six of your fellow UAW members testified at the Senate Higher Education Committee meeting in...
2026 Equity Survey is open! & Feb Membership Meeting, Thursday, 02/26
The 2026 Equity Survey is open! Academic workers in UAW 4121 have won some of the strongest measures in the country for preventing harassment and discrimination in our contracts. One of these measures is the equity survey, a tool created by members to hold the...
Contract Bargaining Starts Next Week: Join Your Fellow Research Staff Today!
Negotiations for your next Research Staff contract with UW Admin begin next week, Tuesday February 24th! Click the video below to hear from Jeffrey, a Research Scientist in Orthopedics, about what has motivated him to join the fight and why now is the time to make...
YOU can help build stronger protections and benefits for international postdocs
Over the past year, we have seen mounting attacks on immigrants workers and scholars around the country. Many international postdocs have voiced that they worry daily about their ability to continue living and working in the UW community. However, the protections...
Save Science, Save Lives – Join us in Olympia on 2/23 to support funding for research!
This coming Monday people from all sectors of UW’s Research Mission – admin, faculty, fellows, staff, and students – will gather in Olympia to support SB 6321, which would direct six billion dollars to support research across the state of Washington. This is our...
Postdocs – Enroll now in the UAW 4121 Caregiver Fund – and we need your input on salaries!
TL;DR: Enrollment in the Postdoc Caregiver Fund is open now until March 27th. The Family Friendly workgroup will respond to all enrollments by April 10th. Fill out the Postdoc Bargaining Survey to contribute your thoughts on Postdoc Salaries! Most postdocs agree:...
This V-day, reaffirm your union love by building power
This Valentine’s Day, forget the gimmicks. Lose the cliches. Ditch the annoying pre-text. With UAW4121, you don’t have a “secret admirer;” you’ve got an unabashed, loyal, transparent, and responsive partner – actually you’ve got ~8,000 partners and growing! Together,...