WSU and UAW Contract Ratified for Academic Student Employees

See Collective Bargaining Agreement for details. WSU and the UAW are partnering on implementation actions.

The United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Local 4121 (UAW), have been chosen as union representative by a selection of Academic Student Employees (ASEs) at Washington State University (WSU). WSU and the UAW have negotiated an initial Collective Bargaining Agreement (Contract) that covers the Academic Student Employees within the Bargaining Unit.

Bargaining Unit
Collective Bargaining Agreement and MOU’s
Summary of Agreement
ASE Contract Resources
Union Representatives
Stewards/Representatives
Employee Information
Job Opportunities
Other Resources

Bargaining Unit

Bargaining Unit 23 – Academic Student Employees

All employees enrolled in academic programs and employed by the Washington State University in the following classifications: Graduate Teaching Assistant; Graduate Staff Assistant; Graduate Project Assistant; Graduate Veterinary Assistant; Graduate Research Assistant, and any other student employees whose duties and responsibilities are substantially equivalent to those employees in the described positions; excluding students who have incidental or no service expectancy imposed upon them by the employer, casual employees, confidential employees, supervisors, employees covered under chapter 41.76 RCW, employees included in any other bargaining unit, and all other employees.

WSU/UAW-ASE Resources

WSU/UAW-ASE Main Page
ASE Contract and MOU’s
ASE Contract Resources

Summary of Agreement

This summary is provided by the Employer in accordance with RCW 43.88.583. Please note that this is a summary only, and is not intended to be a substitute for reviewing the complete contract.

Category: Higher Education
Bargaining Unit Members: Approximately 1500 known as of February 1, 2024
Biennium: Contract period 2024-2026  within 2023-2025 and 2025-2027 bienniums
Agreement Status: Ratified
Term: Article 39
Budget Information:  2024 Supplemental Budget   
Base Compensation: Article 35.1, 35.3
Overtime Pay: N/A
Other Compensation: Assistantship – Pay based on position location Article 35.1.1 Assistantship -Education/Experience Article 35.1.2 Temporary/hourly Article 35.3
Paid Leave: Articles 28, Article 30
Cash Out: N/A Vacation and Sick leave (no cash out)
Temporary Layoff: N/A
Healthcare: Article 20, Appendix A
Bargaining Units Covered: BU 23
Supplemental Agreements: N/A
Provisions to Allow Reopening: Article 1.3, Article 35.7, Appendix A3

Union Representatives

WSU-CASE/UAW
PO Box #665
Pullman, WA 99163

Phone:
Website: wsucase.org
Email: contact@wsucase.org

David Parsons – International Representative

Alli Carlisle – UAW International/Region 6 Servicing Representative

Stewards/Representatives

Bargaining Unit 23 – Academic Student Employees

Executive Board
Beatrice Caffé, President
Whitney Shervey, Vice President
Acacia Patterson, Recording Secretary
Summer Lockhart, Financial Secretary
Yiran Guo, Sergeant-at-Arms
Pat Mahoney, Guide
Gavin Doyle, Trustee
Ashlynn Main, Trustee
Chelsea Kopp, Trustee

Contract Enforcement Committee
Gavin Doyle
Mason Hoskins
Andre Diehl
Ninh Khuu
Sierra Forler
Alex Messick
McKinley Nevins

Stewards
CAHNRS Steward 1: Gabriel Monteiro Mendes
Jurisdiction: School of Economics Science and Apparel Merchandise Design and Text

CAHNRS Steward 5: Hawthorne Clement
Jurisdiction: Animal Sciences and Food Science

CAS Steward 1: Madeline Fodor
Human Development, Criminal Justice and Criminology

CAS Steward 3: Pavan Chawhan
Jurisdiction: Institute for Shock Physics, Physics and Astronomy

CAS Steward 6: McKinley Nevins
Jurisdiction: School of Biological Sciences and School of the Environment

CAS Steward 9: Francis Woodward
Jurisdiction: English

CAS Steward 10: Francis Woodward
Jurisdiction: Sociology and Politics Philosophy and Public Affairs

CAS Steward 12: Natalie Yaw
Jurisdiction: Chemistry

CAS Steward 13: Daniel Wu
Jurisdiction: Chemistry

Engineering Steward 2: Sowmith Kunapaneni
Jurisdiction: School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Prosser Steward 1: Mason Hoskins
Jurisdiction: Prosser REC

Vancouver Steward 1: Josh Stanz
Jurisdiction: Humanities and Engineering

Vet Med Steward 1: Siena Glenn
Jurisdiction: Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Paul G. Allen School of Global Animal Health, and Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology

Vet Med Steward 4: Megan McGraw
Jurisdiction: Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience

Head Steward: Natalie Yaw

General Contact: contact@uaw4591.org

Employee Information

Job Opportunities

Other Resources

Business Polices and Procedures Manual (BPPM)
Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC)
WSU Graduate School Policies and Procedures

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