by Justin | Oct 27, 2020 | Postdoctoral Researchers, UAW Local 4121
UAW 4121 union organizer Elena Pandres believes the UW has a responsibility to provide benefits for all postdocs under the union’s collective bargaining agreement. “All these postdocs … are working full time and are subject to the same policies and are doing a lot of...
by Justin | Jul 16, 2020 | Social Issues, UAW Local 4121
This is a huge victory for the organizing work of international students and scholars and our allies in University administrations and government,” said Nayon Park, an international student from South Korea at the University of Washington and member of UAW Local...
by Justin | Jul 14, 2020 | Graduate Workers, Postdoctoral Researchers, Social Issues, UAW Local 4121
When the recent directive from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Student Exchange and Visitor Program threatened to deport thousands of international students unable to enroll in in-person classes due to the novel coronavirus–induced fall quarter...
by Justin | Jun 12, 2020 | Social Issues, UAW Local 4121
Thousands of faculty and students have signed a petition that calls on the University of Washington to sever ties with the Seattle Police Department, saying the university has a duty to protect people on campus from police violence. But the university says it does not...