Email Digest
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...
3/26/2024 Bargaining Update
Hi Colleague,UW Admin continues to make little movement towards our next contract. This Friday (3/29) at noon on the Quad – join your coworkers under the iconic UW cherry blossoms to demand that UW Management make substantive proposals on compensation, non-citizen ASE...
3/23/2024 Bargaining Update
Hi Colleague, Yesterday, nearly two months into bargaining, Management gave us their opening offer on healthcare – where they proposed cutting back our premium coverage to 85% from the full coverage in our current contract. As a member of our ASE Bargaining Team that...
3/17/2024 Bargaining Update
Hi Colleague,I’m Anastasia, a member of our ASE bargaining team and a PhD candidate at the Information School working as a Research Assistant. I came to UW in 2019 to work on disability justice and accessible technology – my current research is in health informatics,...
3/9/2024 Bargaining Update
Dear Colleague, Nelson here—Math PhD student, Teaching Assistant, and ASE Bargaining Team member. This past year, I’ve been organizing to develop our demands for international ASE protections, workplace equity, and more. This is my first time on a union bargaining...
UAW 4121 Endorsement for the Movement for Uncommitted Delegates in the Washington Primary
We, the undersigned members of UAW 4121, endorse the movement to cast votes for “Uncommitted Delegates” in the March 12th Democratic Primary in Washington State. As a union with a diverse and international workforce, we called on the Biden administration for an...
2/27/2024 Bargaining Update
Dear Colleague, Yesterday, we met with UW Management in our third bargaining session. We presented two proposals and responded to Management’s proposals that they started bringing to the table. This was the last bargaining session of February, with two months until...