Hundreds of Academic Student Employees (ASEs) at the University of Washington are holding a rally on campus as they fight to improve their working conditions and negotiate a successor contract with the University. The rally will be on Friday, March 29 noon on the UW Quad.
UAW Local 4121 is the union of 6,000 ASEs at UW, graduate teaching and research assistants who do the majority of teaching and research at UW. ASEs are becoming increasingly frustrated at UW Administration’s stalling and delaying in presenting proposals and responding to ASEs’ proposals. At the rally, ASEs will call on the University administration to come to a fair agreement with them. They are asking for support from the labor community if anyone can make it tomorrow.