Email Digest
Issues with your ASE appointment?
August 5, 2024 Dear Colleague, As we approach the beginning of Fall semester, some Academic Student Employees (ASEs) are seeing issues with their appointments: workload that looks much too high compared to previous years, a list of job duties that includes tasks far...
Health Insurance Transition to Aetna Student Health Summary (Updated August 22, 2024)
August 22, 2024 Starting August 16th, 2024 Aetna Student Health (tell your providers it is Aetna Open Choice PPO network) will be our new insurance carrier Prescriptions benefits will be managed by CVS’s retail network (does not mean that we are limited to CVS)...
Collective Action Wins! | Membership Drive
June 20, 2024 Dear fellow ASEs, Collective action gets the goods!When ASEs fight together, we win! We saw this in the contract campaign, and we saw it this month when ASEs in Plant Pathology at the Pullman campus were not paid. Department Admin told the ASEs that...
Pay Increase || Summer Membership Drive!
June 6, 2024 Hello Fellow ASEs,As summer begins, so does the most important task ahead of all ASEs: building union membership! Are your labmates, cohort mates, and friends all signed up as union members? We all depend on each other to make our union strong, so ask...
Wage Increases || Election Results || Become a Member Today!
May 23, 2024 Hello Fellow ASEs, Inaugural Election Results The election period ended on May 7th. The following Executive Board members have been elected and were sworn in at our May Monthly meeting on May 7th: President, Beatrice Caffé Vice President, Whitney Shervey...
Run-off election for UAW 4591 opens at 1:30pm TODAY || Results on May Monthly Meeting 5/7 6PM
May 6, 2024 Dear Colleague, Thank you for your participation in the election for the contested President position for our union UAW 4591 in the last week. We have finished counting, and no candidate has received 50%+1 of the votes, thus a run-off...
UAW 4591 Elections close at midnight TONIGHT || RSVP for the May Monthly Meeting 5/7
May 3, 2024 Dear ColleagueThe voting period for contested Executive Board positions closes tonight at 11:59 PM. All ASEs who are eligible to vote should have received a notification from Election Buddy at midnight on May 1. This notification included a...
Elections start TODAY | May Day | Monthly Meeting Next Tuesday
May 1, 2024 Hello Fellow ASEs! Today is May Day, AKA International Workers’ Day!UAW 4591 is co-hosting a May Day picnic in Pullman in Reaney Park Today 3 to 7 pm. Come celebrate with fellow ASEs and our community partners. Join us any time for free food...
Nominations are in! | Get to Know Your Contract | Membership
April 19, 2024 Hello Fellow ASEs!Nominations for executive board positions are now closed! The nominees and their candidate statements for President, Vice President, Financial Secretary, Recording Secretary, Guide, Sergeant-At-Arms, and Trustees are...
UAW 4591 Executive Board Nominations Close Tonight!
April 16, 2024 Dear ColleagueAs a reminder, the nomination period for Executive Board Positions closes today, Tuesday April 16th at 11:59 PM PT. All members in good standing may run for any open positions (i.e., any ASE who has signed up for...