February Membership Meeting // Black History Month // Solidarity with Turkish and Syrian students and communities // & More!

Black History Month

Solidarity with Turkish and Syrian students and communities

• The Counseling Center (206-543-1240) provides personal counseling, assessment, referral and crisis intervention services to currently-enrolled students.
• LiveWell(206-543-2684) provides support and case consultation for students experiencing personal hardship, including academic hardship as the result of extenuating life circumstances.
• Student Financial Aid: If these events have put an unexpected burden on you financially, please visit with staff in the Office of Student Financial Aid to explore emergency aid options.
• CIRCLE (the Center for International Relations & Cultural Leadership Exchange) (206-685-4004) streamlines critical support for UW international students, including Student Success and Wellbeing coaching.

• AKUT: an “entirely a voluntary, non-governmental organization involved in searching, assisting and rescuing all who require aid within its authority and means”
• Doctors Without Borders: “have received many injured and dead people in the hospitals we support in northwest Syria”
• Ahbap: “Ahbap is the leading non-governmental volunteer organization consisted of philanthropists, aiming to provide any form of help to people in need”

Last week, hundreds of Research Scientists and Engineers (RSEs) A-4 and Postdocs gathered in rooms, labs, and lecture halls across and off campus and made the decision to hold Strike Authorization Votes (SAV) from February 6th-16th in each unit.

Here are some Strike Authorization Vote basics:

RSVP here to join fellow ASEs from across departments at the February ASE Organizing Strategy Meeting on Thursday, 2/16 at 5:30pm (masks required for in person attendance at Bloedel 070). Building on the January ASE Organizing Strategy Meeting, we will be talking more about concrete timelines for organizing and reviewing our plans for upcoming structure tests and how they relate to building power for bargaining. Bring your ideas, questions, and energy & spread the word in your departments!

RSVP here, and keep an eye out for additional organizing trainings and strategy meetings in the coming year. Email ase-organizing@uaw4121.org with any questions and to get involved.

City of Seattle residents will vote on a ballot initiative to create a publicly-owned housing developer that will build, develop, and rent self-sustaining, permanently affordable social housing in Seattle. Our union has endorsed this initiative as we believe it will help alleviate housing insecurity and rent burden among our members and in the greater community.

This is a special election, so your ballots must be delivered or mailed by Tuesday, February 14 (Valentine’s Day). If you’re new to Seattle and would like to register to vote for this historic initiative, there’s still time to do so onlineor in person. And if you’d like to help get out the vote, see this event calendar.

As a reminder, runoff elections have begun for the offices of UAW International President and Vice President. The deadline for ballot returns will be February 28, 2023. If you have not received your ballot, you should request a replacement right away at uawvote.com or by calling 855-433-8683. Requests for replacement ballots must be received no later than February 15.****

Find more information about the election process, eligibility to vote, and more on the IEB Elections page on our website and on the Federal Monitor’s Elections page. As with the first round of voting, our Organizing Committees will be conducting a number of Get Out the Vote efforts to reach out to fellow UAW 4121 members and encourage everyone to participate in the runoff election. To get involved with this work, email ase-organizing@uaw4121.org.