Email Digest

February 7, 2023 Bargaining Update—COMPENSATION Wow. Just, wow. After more than 2 months of delay, today UW proposed their counter on our Compensation article. UW Admin claimed that this delay was due to its complexity, and that they needed time to “price it out”....

February 6, 2023 We, members of UW Researchers United and UW Postdoc Bargaining Committees, are writing to encourage you to vote “Yes” in the Strike Authorization Votes that begin today. Click Here to Vote! A Strike Authorization Vote is a process through which...

February 5, 2023 Tomorrow, all UW Research Scientists and Engineers A-4 and UW Postdocs will begin Strike Authorization Votes (SAV) to authorize our bargaining teams to call strikes should circumstances justify. Will you join us in voting YES on day 1 of the Strike...

February 1, 2023 We're taking a Strike Authorization Vote and what that means Yesterday, hundreds of UW RSEs and Postdocs gathered in rooms, labs, and lecture halls across and off campus and made the decision that each of our bargaining units will hold Strike...

January 24, 2023 Bargaining Update Unfortunately, our overview of yesterday’s bargaining session remains largely similar to recent sessions. UW Admin still has not provided us with counter proposals on any of our economic articles. It is becoming clear that management...

Januar y 19, 2023 Unfair Labor Practice Update We have an update on the Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charge that we filed at the beginning of this month. The Public Employee Relations Commission (PERC), in a preliminary ruling, found our ULP charge credible. Now...

January 11, 2023 Unfair Labor Practice charge/hours reporting In case you’ve missed our emails over the past few weeks, last week, we filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge against UW. They violated their legal obligation to bargain in good faith when they converted...

January 10, 2023 UW is breaking the law and we have filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge. On Wednesday 1/4/23 we filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge alleging that the University violated their legal obligation to bargain in good faith when they converted RSEs from...

January 3, 2023 Welcome back! Many of us have been off over the past few weeks, so in case you missed the major update on 12/23: UW is breaking the law, please read that email here. Please join us this Friday 1/6 at noon, as we continue to build on our momentum from...

December 23, 2022 UW is breaking labor law.  Back in November, we learned that UW had begun the process of converting RSEs from overtime exempt (non-hours tracking) to overtime eligible (hours-tracking) positions without providing notice to the Union. These...

December 16, 2022 Yesterday, hundreds of RSEs and Postdocs gathered in conference rooms and lecture halls across campus to rally together and join the bargaining session with UW Admin. In the rally between morning and afternoon bargaining sessions, we discussed...

December 14, 2022 We’re keeping it brief today. We have an important Rally Party happening this Thursday, 12/15, at noon. Then from about 1-1:30, all of the Rally Parties across campus will join the RSE bargaining session with UW Admin in a virtual demonstration. UW...

December 9, 2022 DECEMBER 15th at noon, all hands on deck! December 15th is a pivotal day for our contract negotiations with UW Admin. In order for us to win a strong contract, quickly, we need to let UW Management know that all of us are paying close attention and...

November 29, 2022 Bargaining Updates! We returned to bargaining yesterday! After a 6-week hiatus, management showed up this morning with zero proposals/counter-proposals after we had left them with eleven proposals on their plate. While they did later make a package...

November 10, 2022 Attend the Mass Meeting on Nov. 17th! Next week (Thursday 11/17 at 12:00pm in HSB D-209, Turner Auditorium with Zoom option), we are holding an important Mass Meeting along with our UW Postdoc colleagues who are also currently in bargaining to...