Email Digest

Fund Don’t Freeze: Fight Back for Healthcare, Education, & Jobs

My name is Ellen Graham, and I’m an ASE Head Steward in Biostatistics. Yesterday, the NIH announced plans to slash the indirect cost rate of its grants. These cuts would have devastating impacts on UW and universities across the US. Our research, our jobs, and the...

It’s Time to Stand Up & Fight Back

In their first few weeks in office, the Trump Administration issued a barrage of Executive Orders targeting academic workers across the country. From freezing funding for crucial research work in the public good to threatening international scholars, unleashing...

Lift federal funding freezes – phonebank on Thursday

My name is Philippa Steinberg, and I’m an ASE Steward in Molecular and Cell Biology. Over the last week, the Trump Administration rolled out an unprecedented set of restrictions on federal funding that are impacting members like me across the UW, starting with funding...

Caregiver Fund Enrollment

The Family Friendly Working Group (familyfriendly@uaw4121.org) has established a reimbursement system for the Postdoc Caregiver Fund, with biannual distributions in May and November. In 2024, the total amount of the fund was $75,000. With this fund, we aim to...

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...