Email Digest
Postdocs, Your Bargaining Survey is Now Open!
It’s time for Postdocs across UW to get ready to negotiate a new contract! Take the bargaining survey now! The current Postdoc contract with UW expires August 31st, 2026, so Postdocs are coming together from across departments to collectively form our...
Research Staff, Sign On to Our Initial Bargaining Demands!
Bargaining for the next Research Staff contract is about to begin in a few short weeks! In preparation for this, please take a minute to read and add your name to our list of Initial Bargaining Demands (IBDs): Sign on to our Initial Bargaining Demands here! These...
Immigration Related Know Your Rights Resources – Syllabus Addendum and more!
If you are an Instructor or a Teaching Assistant, please share this immigration-related Know Your Rights information and resources with your students. This is especially helpful for international, undocumented, and other non-citizen students due to uncertainties...
Job Posting: UAW 4121 Organizing Staff
Deadline for Applying: December 17th at 11:59 p.m. PST, with applications reviewed on a rolling basis UAW 4121 is the union representing 8,500 academic workers (Postdocs, Research Scientists/Engineers/Coordinators/Consultants and Academic Student Employees) at all...
December Monthly Membership Meeting & January 7th Action!
Read on to learn more about: Voting on our union’s 2026 budget at the Membership Meeting Thursday 12/18 Showing up for job security and non-citizen worker protections at the Board of Regents Meeting Wednesday 1/7 12/18/2025 Monthly Membership Meeting Union dues build...
Make your voice heard and MMM Recap
Today’s important Votes/Surveys: Research Staff (RS) Bargaining Survey: Help decide our collective priorities for a stronger RS contract in 2026 by taking this 15 minute Research Staff Bargaining Survey! Hours Tracking Survey: Are you a Postdoc or a Research Staff...
Resolution to Ensure Washington State Workers’ Investments Align with International Law
WHEREAS, In 2024 the International Court of Justice found it "plausible" that Israel has committed acts that violate the Genocide Convention and ordered Israel to “take immediate and effective measures to enable the provision of urgently needed basic services and...
How is hours-tracking affecting you?
This coming Spring 2026, UAW 4121 Postdocs will be negotiating for our next contract, alongside Research Staff. In January of this year, many Postdocs at UW became overtime-eligible and had to begin tracking hours. The Postdoc-Scholar minimum salary at UW is...
Job Posting: UAW 4121 ASE Membership Organizing Staff
Deadline for Applying: November 16th at 11:59 p.m. PST, with applications reviewed on a rolling basis UAW 4121 is the union representing 8,500 academic workers (Postdocs, Research Scientists/Engineers and Academic Student Employees) at all three campuses of the...
Caregiver Fund Enrollment
In 2021, Postdocs won a new type of financial support for parents and caregivers in our contract in the form of the Postdoc Caregiver Fund. The total amount of the fund for 2026 is $75,000. Winning this fund was possible because of our collective action,...