by UWResearchers | May 24, 2022 | Emails
May 24, 2022 It’s time! After months of advocacy and support by RSEs across campus, we are on the eve of a vote that will finally enable our union to be certified so we can start bargaining. We’ve updated our website with a Voter Information Center. Here are some of...
by UWResearchers | May 18, 2022 | Emails
May 18, 2022 Good news – we are approaching a date by which our union can be certified! Washington’s Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) has now set the dates for our union’s representation vote. If the majority of votes are YES, our union will be...
by UWResearchers | May 10, 2022 | Emails
May 10, 2022 UW Slow Rolls its Case to PERC Last week, Washington’s Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) conducted three days of hearings to provide the University Administration an opportunity to formally make their case that nearly 230 RSEs (out of a total...
by UWResearchers | May 2, 2022 | Emails
May 2, 2022 UW Admin Presents Its Case (?) This week we will be at a hearing conducted by the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) over the issue of whether approximately 230 Research Scientist/Engineers (Assistant – RSE 4) can appropriately be excluded...
by UWResearchers | Apr 25, 2022 | Emails
April 25, 2022 End the Delays: Vote Yes! Preparations are underway for our Vote Yes campaign to certify our bargaining unit so that we can begin negotiations with UW administration. Last week, dozens of Researchers met and strategized about a turnout plan to ensure...
by UWResearchers | Apr 24, 2022 | Emails
April 15, 2022 “UW researchers are struggling with childcare, affordable housing, safe and affordable commutes to work, job security, flexibility for remote work, visa issues, bullying and toxic environments, gender wage equity, racial equity, workload and doing stuff...
