Email Digest
5/8 Bargaining Update: We WON on Immigration! See you at the Regents Rally!
TL;DR: Victory! TA on our first ever Immigration Article; TA on Article 35: Workload Regents Rally TOMORROW! Admin files Unfair Labor Practice charge At today’s mediated bargaining session, our ASE bargaining team reached a Tentative Agreement on our bargaining unit’s...
5/6 Bargaining Update: Why does Admin want ASEs at the bottom of the market?
Here’s the summary of yesterday’s mediated bargaining session: UW Admin is in full attack mode against their own workers. UW Admin has been stalling for months on wage increases for ASEs. Their current proposals would keep ASEs paid way below market rate while ASE...
5/3/2024 Bargaining Update — Sit-In 4121 Day 3: Countdown to 5/14!
Today at noon, hundreds of ASEs and community members gathered for a rally on the HUB Lawn, during which we committed to strike starting on May 14 if we do not have a new contract. UW Admin’s behavior this week has been disappointing. During Tuesday’s bargaining...
4/30/2024 Bargaining Update – Hey Admin: May Day Mayhem Begins Tomorrow
TL;DR Sign up NOW for May Day Mayhem! UW works because we do; join tomorrow’s work-in! Tomorrow we unleash May Day Mayhem. Sign up NOW for Day 1. We’ve told Admin over and over — April 30th is a REAL deadline with REAL consequences. Unfortunately, as it stands right...
4/26/2024 Bargaining Update with Justin Applegate & Peter Lindquist
I’m Justin Applegate. I’m a 4th Year PhD candidate in the department of Biochemistry. I study how pathogenic bacteria recognize and attach to human cells during infection, and I am a member of the ASE bargaining team. So Peter, how was bargaining for you today? I’m...
4/23 Bargaining Update: Strike Authorization Vote!
Hi Colleague, I’m Tahiyat Rahman, an RA in Physics and a member of the ASE Bargaining Team. I’m frustrated that UW Admin is showing callous disregard for the damage they’re doing with their unserious proposals—damaging not just to ASEs, but to the whole UW community....
Election Results – Spring 2024
The nomination period for the Spring 2024 elections closed this past Friday, Apr. 19 at 5pm. There were no contested positions. The following Executive Committee Members have been elected: Post Doc Trustee - Brant Bowers The following ASE Unit Leaders have been...
Nominations Open for Vacant for ASE Dept Stewards, Postdoc Dept Stewards, RSE Dept Stewards, and Executive Committee Positions (Spring 2024)
Nominations for all vacant positions in UAW 4121 are open Monday, Apr. 15 at 9am and will close on Friday, Apr. 19 at 5pm. This is an opportunity to take a leadership position in your department and in our union. You do not have to be nominated by someone else--to run...
List of Open Positions for Spring 2024
ASEs Major Area (Dept) Number of Vacant Positions Academic Support Cntrs 1 Allergy and Infectious Diseases 1 Anthropology 1 APL 1 Applied Math 1 Aquatic and Fishery Sci 1 A&S Hum - Quad-DEN 1 Asian Lang & Lit 1 A&S Lang and Cultural 1 Astronomy 1...
4/5 Bargaining Update: RSVP for 4/17 Practice Picket!
Hi Colleague,Last Friday, more than 1,000 ASEs and supporters gathered in the Quad to demand that UW Admin stop stalling at the table and give us real proposals. The bargaining session yesterday makes it clear – they need to hear it again, and louder. Management...