Email Digest
PDs: Caregiver fund, Visa fee reimbursement // ASEs: Bargaining survey, GAIP FYI // RSE: hours tracking clarification, job opportunities // carpool to the Big 3 picket line, + other actions
Welcome to our new UAW4121 members! RSEs: Membership This will be the last weekly update that will be sent to all Research Scientists. After today, information will only be distributed to members. Please take two minutes and fill out the membership form today. ...
Job Posting: Membership Organizing Staff (Field Organizers)
UAW Local 4121 is the union representing 8,000 academic workers (Academic Student Employees, Postdocs, and Research Scientists & Engineers A-4) at all three campuses of the University of Washington We are seeking to hire 3 part or full-time (between 20 hours - 40...
Hardship Fund
Thank you for all your hard work on the picket lines (and organizing remotely)! We have two strong contracts in place for UW Research Scientists and Postdocs thanks to your efforts. As you know, UW has docked the pay of many striking workers. In addition to Strike...
Last chance to vote!
Reminder: our ratification vote closes today at 5pm; today is the final chance to have a say in whether we ratify this tentative agreement as the Postdoc contract for 2023-2025. Please take 30 seconds and go vote right now; If you have already voted, take a few...
Ratification Vote for 2023-2025 Postdoc Contract
It’s time for Postdocs to vote on the tentative agreement to ratify our 2023 - 2025 contract! The wins in this tentative agreement are a direct outcome of our collective power demonstrated during the 9 days we were striking, through pickets, rallies, marches, singing,...
Ratification Info Sessions and Demand to Bargain Change in Working Conditions
June 15, 2023 Preparing for Ratification Vote We (the bargaining committee) are really excited about the tentative agreement we reached with UW last night. Now that we have reached this tentative agreement, our next step is to hold a ratification vote open to all unit...
Strike officially paused
Postdocs and Research Scientists have officially paused our strikes. Research Scientists and Postdocs have officially paused our strikes, following a collective decision made at membership meetings & the straw polls. Results of the straw polls that closed this...
We have a tentative agreement! Straw Poll & Mass Meeting tomorrow at 8am
The Postdoc bargaining team reached a tentative agreement this evening with Management. This straw poll will be an important input to make a collective decision about when our strike will end. It will remain open until 8:30am tomorrow (Thursday). You may...
RSE/PD Strike Updates: Action items for Wednesday, PD bargaining session tomorrow, RSEs reach Tentative Agreement
Postdoc bargaining update: Postdocs will return to the bargaining table on Wednesday, June 14th at 10am. RSE bargaining update: Research Scientist/Engineers bargaining ran late into the night and we reached tentative agreements (TAs) with management on all remaining...
Week 2 off to a strong start; Join us at noon tomorrow
Week 2 of our strike is off to a strong start! After a weekend of energizing (and some may say, unforeseen) circumstances, today’s pickets & “Tim Dellit, Settle It” rally were full of spirit, solidarity, and song. At the Postdoc bargaining table today, Management...