Onward to 2027
UAW 4121 - THE UNION OF 8,000 ACADEMIC WORKERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONThe 2024 ASE Tentative Agreement (TA) has been ratified by membership! With the gains in our new contract secured, it’s time to build on these to win more throughout the next 3 years. Read on for information on how to get involved!
Every win we’ve made in our union’s 20 year history has been a direct result of mass member action. The gains in this contract are the direct result of thousands of ASEs over the last three years who put countless hours into organizing new members, strategizing together and building out committees and workgroups, identifying and addressing issues through campaigns, and more.
Everything that comes next, as everything that came before, depends on each and every one of us taking part in building our union. As with every contract campaign, a single contract is never won and done in our continual fight to shift the balance of power at our institution. Concretely, building power towards our next contract campaign starts now – starting with implementing and enforcing the wins we’ve made in this contract, strengthening our networks of communication and solidarity with each other, and setting ambitious goals for what we want to win next paired with robust plans to win them throughout the next 3 years.
Fired up & ready to keep building our power to win more? Fill out the “Next Steps” form.
Onward to 2027.
UAW 4121 Hot Union Summer 2024 🔥
Hot Union Summer is back! From June 2024 through August 2024, join fellow 4121 members across UW for a series of peer facilitated organizing trainings to empower ourselves to win structural changes at UW and beyond. Building our collective power takes each and every one of us having the tools to identify issues & campaigns, set ambitious visions for the changes we want to see, and executing robust plans to win.
Topics will include: Building Department Campaigns, Contract Enforcement for Organizers, Communicating for Power, Union/Organizing 101, Facilitating for Power, Designing a Membership Organizing Drive, and more.
All ASE, Postdocs, and RSE members & incoming ASEs are strongly encouraged to join! More information to follow — fill out the form below to get updates.
Organizing Committees
Unit-wide Organizing Committees (OCs) each meet weekly to strategize and coordinate member-to-member organizing across UW. In addition to the UW-wide OCs, many departments/areas have OCs that meet regularly and coordinate with each other across departments and bargaining units.
More information about OCs can be found on this page.
Not sure where to start, or what to expect at your first OC meeting? Want to connect with a fellow member / organizer to talk more? Reach out to organizing-committee@uaw4121.org.
ASE OC
Tuesdays at 5:00pm, Zoom
Postdoc OC
Wednesdays at 3:30, Zoom
RSE A-4 OC
Fridays at 12:00pm, Zoom
Department & Area OCs
Not sure if your department has an established OC? Want to start an OC in your department /college/school/area? Reach out to get connected with an organizer!
Working Groups & Committees
Through working groups, members strategize, develop, and coordinate action plans around specific topics or campaigns such as housing justice, disability justice & accessibility, healthcare access, political advocacy, international student & scholar issues, and more. Through committees, members directly participate in maintaining various aspects of our union, including communications, education & trainings, new member organizing, and more.
Working groups & committees are open to all UAW 4121 members, and they’re a crucial part of building our collective power together. You can attend a meeting or just subscribe to a group email listserv if you’re interested. No prior experience necessary, and all members are highly encouraged to join!
More information about Working Groups & Committees can be found here.
Monthly Membership Meetings
Monthly Membership Meetings (MMMs) are held over Zoom on the second Tuesdays at 5pm. MMMs are a great place to keep up to date on union campaigns, connect with members from other departments, and get plugged in to ongoing work. All members in good standing are encouraged to attend, and new members may sign up to join the union before the meeting by filling out this form.
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Upcoming Membership Meetings
Information with details about the meetings are emailed to members prior to the meeting date.
Additionally, this page will be updated monthly with the RSVP form for upcoming Membership Meetings below. Get in touch with uaw4121@uaw4121.org with any questions.
