Email Digest

November 4, 2022 We’re keeping it short this week so we can get right to the point.  UW’s stalling in bargaining is unacceptable, and preventing us from improving our pay and receiving merit raises, securing strong protections against harassment and discrimination,...

October 28, 2022 Mark Your Calendars! Please mark your calendars for our next general meeting on November 17th at noon! This will be an especially important meeting as we’ll be talking about RSE compensation. Location and RSVP forthcoming. Bargaining Hiatus till...

October 19, 2022 10/17 Bargaining Recap We spent Monday bargaining with UW Admin and made considerable movement to come closer on proposals around Corrective Action and Dismissal, Personnel Files, and Layoff and Time Reduction. We are negotiating for a fair and...

October 12, 2022 October 11 Bargaining Recap We spent the day intensely bargaining over a package of 8 proposals. The package includes two articles that outline rights and responsibilities of the employer (Management Rights) and those of the union (Union Rights),...

October 6, 2022 October 5th Bargaining Recap We had a full day of bargaining with UW Admin yesterday and reached a tentative agreement on the Recognition article. The union proposed two new articles, New Employee Orientation  and Corrective Action and Dismissal. We...

September 30, 2022 Upcoming Bargaining Sessions We’ve got a busy month ahead with three bargaining sessions scheduled for October. We’ll be bargaining with UW admin on October 5th, 11th, and 17th. To attend the next session on October 5th, please register here for the...

September 27, 2022 Our first full day of bargaining is complete! If you're curious who is on our bargaining team, you can see the team here; UW Admin brought 16 personnel to the bargaining table yesterday. We sent 11 proposals to UW Admin on 9/1 and hoped to begin...

September 23, 2022 We’ve got a short set of updates for y’all this week. At our September general meeting, bargaining committee members shared updates on submitted articles, bargaining survey data, and information about the next bargaining session. We also celebrated...

September 2, 2022 Our Working Groups are preparing for bargaining We currently have six Working Groups preparing for our upcoming bargaining sessions: Compensation, Benefits & Family Care, Career Advancement, Anti-Discrimination, Transportation & Housing, and...

August 15, 2022 Today, UW Researchers held our first Bargaining Session with members of UW administration’s bargaining team. Thanks to our majority support and unit’s engagement, our team was well prepared, and it was an overall success! We presented our Initial...

August 10, 2022 RSE A-4 Bargaining Starts Next Week With A-4 bargaining starting next week (Monday 8/15), hundreds of RSEs have signed on in support of initial proposals developed by the bargaining committee.  We’ll provide periodic updates about the process: in the...

August 5, 2022 We’re having a picnic to celebrate winning our union and the start of bargaining! Please join us to celebrate, connect with colleagues old and new, and enjoy the Seattle summer with food, drinks, and lawn games! The picnic will be on Sunday, August...

July 29, 2022 Good news! We have successfully negotiated with UW administration around ensuring that certain pay increases will no longer be held up during our “dynamic status quo” period. Administration has agreed to move forward with allowing in-grade pay raises,...