STRIKE!
2,400 UW Workers
Wednesday, June 7
All hands on deck! 2,400 UAW 4121 Postdocs and Research Scientists/Engineers are striking for fair contracts at the University of Washington. Throughout the contract bargaining process, UW has engaged in draconian union-busting tactics. What's more it continues to pay many of its workers 30 percent below the national average! All while inflation and rent have skyrocketed.
UW workers are fighting for:
- Support for an inclusive workforce: Postdocs and Research Scientists and Engineers deserve fair agreements that include better support for parents and caregivers; and the same harassment prevention program for RSEs that is available for Postdocs and student employees.
- Play by the rules: UW has committed multiple unfair labor practices and has been trying to evade the law establishing fair wages for salaried workers in Washington state. It’s time to bargain in good faith and reach fair agreements.
- Fair Compensation: Many UW workers are struggling to make ends meet. According to UW's own study, research scientists and engineers are the furthest behind market wages of any professional staff. Postdocs are also behind as well with the University attempting to weasel its way out Washington's minimum salary laws.
Not content with merely robbing its workers of a fair wage, UW sells its students out by privatizing several major student housing developments, whittling away at any remnants of affordable housing in this city.
Meanwhile, UW’s President makes a humble salary of $842,000 to go with the President's mansion. And to its top ten highest paid ‘employees’ (aka bosses) who make a whopping combined total of $12 million. And of course to build up UW’s financial empire represented by the $8 billion overseen by the University’s very own Investment Management Company.
In response to the stalling, the disrespect, the profiteering, and unfair labor practices UAW 4121 Postdocs and Research Scientists/Engineers have voted to go on strike starting June 7th!
If you want to join them in their fight and that of workers everywhere, sign up for a picket shift below or if you can’t make it donate $20 today.
Sign up for a Picket Shift:
https://actionnetwork.org/events/uaw-4121-picket-shift-sign-up?clear_id=true
Donate $20 In Solidarity:
https://givebutter.com/4121-pdrsestrikesup
There are currently three days of planned picket lines from Wednesday 6/7 to Friday 6/9 from 5 am to 5 pm each day.
In Solidarity,
Seattle DSA Labor
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🔥Would you like to transfer $45 million EVERY YEAR from some of the most rapacious corporations to the most exploited workers in Renton?🔥
Come join us for a big signature push this weekend to qualify our $19/hr minimum wage initiative for the ballot! This would be a huge win for the working class and the socialist movement, but we're approaching our deadline, and we are still short on the number of signatures we need.
If we can get Raise the Wage Renton on the ballot, we have a high likelihood of winning.
But we are certain to lose if we don’t get on the ballot - sign up today to help gather the signatures to get on the ballot! We have a fighting chance if you sign up for a shift!
📣Upcoming Activities📆
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SIGN OPEN LETTER TO UW ADMIN:
DON'T RENEW THE CONTRACT WITH STARBUCKS!
“That said, we were heartened to learn that Starbucks Corporation’s contract ends on June 30, 2023—and we’re writing to demand that the University of Washington find an alternative supplier of coffee and tea beverages upon its expiration, instead of renewing the contract with Starbucks.
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This would also be an incredible show of solidarity with Starbucks Workers United and the workers fighting for the right to form a union at Starbucks, as many of the leaders in this movement are either students themselves or recent graduates. Starbucks workers have won 300 union elections across 38 states since December of 2021, including here in Washington.”
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Reproductive Justice Movie Screening: Aftershock
This Saturday, June 3, 4pm
The Beacon Cinema
RSVP
Free showing hosted by the Seattle DSA Reproductive Justice Working Group
The film witness these two families become ardent activists in the maternal health space, seeking justice through legislation, medical accountability, community, and the power of art. Their work introduces a myriad of people including a growing brotherhood of surviving Black fathers, along with the work of midwives and physicians on the ground fighting for institutional reform. Through their collective journeys, the film brings us to the front lines of the growing birth justice movement that is demanding systemic change within our medical system and government.
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