Luciano develops new ways to measure radioactive decay with extreme precision 🌌☢️ This work helps us answer major questions about the universe, but it is only made possible with federal funding. What’s your research about? DM us a pic & quote to be featured! 🌟🌠 #UAWWorkersUnited #OurResearchMatters

Meg’s research looks at “science in crisis” -- how federal budget cuts are reshaping research communities, and how we can build resilience for the future. 🙌🌏 What impact have you seen from cuts? Share your story by DM-ing us a short quote & pic. #UAWWorkersUnited #OurResearchMatters

Forest’s team was building preventative care for syphilis, a disease currently on the rise in the US. That work came to a halt when federal cuts shut the work down for its "DEI themes." 💔 What’s your story? Comment/DM us a pic + short quote to be featured. #UAWWorkersUnited #OurResearchMatters

Vickie's work tackles zoonotic diseases, protects farmworkers, and even helps unhoused people with pets get care 🐓💙 Yet funding for this vital work hangs by a thread. What's your research story? Comment or DM us to be featured 🪧🤳 #UAWWorkersUnited #OurResearchMatters

Trauma victims deserve better treatments than saltwater. 🙏❤️ Ethan's creating synthetic blood to save lives, but funding scarcities limit this research. What's one solution you're currently researching? 🥼 Comment or DM us a quote + photo to be featured. #UAWWorkersUnited #OurResearchMatters

Kelsey studies how sugars on blood cancer cells can help them grow and resist treatment 🧪🩸 Her work could lead to brand new cancer therapies, but funding cuts put this work on the line. What research are you working towards? Comment or DM us to be featured ✏️ #UAWWorkersUnited #OurResearchMatters

Tracy studies DNA:RNA hybrid systems that could transform programmable medicine 🧬🔨 Cuts to training funding are limiting this work! What breakthroughs are you working on? DM or comment a pic and short quote to be highlighted! #UAWWorkersUnited #OurResearchMatters

Whether it's during wildfires or pandemics, false information puts our communities at risk. Sydney’s research tracks how rumors spread so we can respond faster and save lives. ⚠️🕸️ What’s your research story? 👩‍💻💡Share in comments or DM our account to be featured! #UAWWorkersUnited #OurResearchMatters

By studying data from earlier HIV trials, Elena is improving treatments with insights into how the virus evolves ⚡🦠⚡ This work depends on reliable research funding!! What's your research story? Share in the comments or DM us to be featured. #UAWWorkersUnited #OurResearchMatters

Bridget’s research in epidemiology helps prevent reproductive health complications by improving STI screening 🩺 🖥️ Cuts to public research funding put this work at risk. What’s your research story? Comment or DM us a photo + quote to be featured! 💫✍️ #UAWWorkersUnited #OurResearchMatters

Flood maps. Gene therapies. The origins of stars. 🌊🧬💫 Cassandra, Dev, and Tobin are pushing the boundaries of science with their research, but federal funding cuts put this work at risk. What's your story? Reply or DM with a photo + quote to be featured! 🖼️✍️ #UAWWorkersUnited #OurResearchMatters

From the north to south pole, from the air we breathe to the ground below: UW researchers are working to protect people and our planet. When funding for this research is disrupted, we put at risk public safety, national security, and a livable future. 🌎🌊🗻

➡️ Funding disruptions are threatening lifesaving improvements and innovations in behavioral and mental healthcare. These cuts are already forcing researchers to pause or leave projects that directly save lives.

As August 5 approaches, UAW 4121 members are out knocking doors for our endorsed candidates- come meet community and help get out the vote before the primaries close on Tuesday! No prior canvassing experience needed to join. RSVP for any upcoming canvassing shift here: tinyurl.com/4121-canvass

UW research saves lives, protects our communities, and builds a path towards climate solutions. Federal funding cuts put all of this work at risk. Meet some of our members who drive this fascinating research at UW!

Major cuts to research funding are on the table, but if we raise our voices together, we can stop them ‼️🔊‼️ Join your UW community Aug 11 for a Town Hall with Rep. Pramila Jayapal, where we’ll demand that Congress fully fund science in the 2026 federal budget. RSVP: form.jotform.com/251766883613...

Happy belated birthday to Katie Wilson- a champion of labor and public transit, and the future mayor Seattle needs! 🥳🧁🎉 We had a great time celebrating Katie’s vision this last weekend and showing up as 4121 members to support her people-powered campaign.

New contract ratified! UW Postdocs secured key protections for international scholars and new rights for accessible workplaces, all while positioning to fight again soon alongside their Research Scientist & Engineer union siblings in 2026. Read more at tinyurl.com/2025-PD-TA

Join union workers across Seattle at an informational picket TOMORROW to protest ICE in our workplaces 💥 4:30PM PST @ Jackson Federal Building (915 2nd Ave)!

When it comes to reporting harassment and discrimination, our last equity survey found that members who reported through our union were much more likely to be satisfied with the response in comparison to other channels like Title IX. Take the 2025 equity survey today: tinyurl.com/UAWequity2025

Union members are taking to the streets to demand the release of SEIU CA President David Huerta, our union brother who was injured & detained by ICE. We stand united to defend the right to protest and demand an end to violent, fear-driven ICE raids. #FreeDavidHuerta #EndICERaids

Seattle made it clear: When worker' rights and immigrants’ rights are under attack—we stand up and fight back. #FreeDavidEndRaids

Join us Monday, June 9 at 11am to rally for SEIU CA President David Huerta, injured and detained by ICE for exercising his First Amendment rights. We demand his release and freedom for all targeted by cruel, aggressive ICE raids. Free David Huerta! Free them all!

A massive supermarket strike is brewing, with 150,000 workers moving toward a walkout. 56,000 workers in Washington, Idaho and Oregon have voted to authorize strikes at Albertsons and Kroger. Grocery workers across Colorado have also authorized a strike, and more could follow.

UPDATE: David Huerta has been released from the hospital but remains in custody. His words: "We all collectively have to object to this madness because this is not justice. This is injustice." Free David Huerta. Free them ALL.

Stand with UW Allen School women fighting sexism and harassment in their department! 💥🔥💥‼️ They need funds for legal fees, organizing, and visibility. Please chip in if you can at this link: www.chuffed.org/project/figh...

It's time to VOTE! Your ballot is waiting- voting for the UAW 4121 triennial elections is open now till Wednesday (May 28th) at 11:59PM. Members can vote via online ballots (sent earlier today) or in person tomorrow & Wednesday at the UW HUB from 9AM-5PM.

The 2025 Equity Survey is OPEN! We deserve a workplace where everyone feels safe, respected, and supported! Take some minutes to finish the equity survey here: tinyurl.com/UAWequity2025. Results are used to directly support bargaining efforts for stronger protections in issues that affect all of us.

Today was a big win for workers in Washington state as unemployment insurance for striking workers was signed into law! UAW members joined @wslc.bsky.social, fellow union members from across the state, and bill sponsor (and former @uaw4121.bsky.social member) Sen. Riccelli for the signing.

UW changed its layoff policy without bargaining- risking the job security of 1000s of UW research workers 👎 1,200+ have signed the open letter demanding they reverse this policy. Join us next Monday @ noon in UW's Red Square to deliver the letter and tell admin to follow our contracts! 💥💥💥

Katie is thrilled to receive the endorsement of @uaw4121.bsky.social after years of working together on affordable transit, housing, and workers’ rights. When we fight, we win! WilsonForSeattle.com

I’m in this article along with other @uaw4121.bsky.social members to explain what’s happening to grad student researchers in the US right now. It’s not looking great for us, and it’s looking even worse for America.

UW moved their Board of Regents meeting to Zoom today to avoid us, so let’s meet them IRL instead! Join us TOMORROW, 5/8 at 8:15 AM on Suzzallo Steps to demand NO LAYOFFS, NO CUTS. Let's remind UW they can afford to stop furloughing us! #standupfightback #killthecuts

Join UAW 4121 and the broader Seattle community TOMORROW @ noon in Cal Anderson Park to commemorate International Workers Day! In light of the federal government's attacks on workers and immigrants, we plan to use May Day to show our collective solidarity. Find more details at www.seattlemayday.org

Members from the International Solidarity Workgroup & @uawregion6.bsky.social are hosting a safety plan & collective action organizing workshop for international academic workers in light of recent crackdowns on international student activists and visa cancellations by the Trump administration (1/2)

UAW 4121 members and allies rallied earlier this month to demand the Trump administration KILL THE CUTS to lifesaving research, healthcare, and education 📣 see how the fight to Kill the Cuts and Stand Up for Science is continuing to make headlines 📰✊

So proud to join my friends at @uaw.org today as we rallied to KILL THE CUTS. Trump, Elon Musk, and Republicans want to cut science and research funding so they can give themselves a $4.5 trillion tax cut. Not on our watch.

And in Seattle, @uaw4121.bsky.social and allies led a #KillTheCuts rally and die-in at the University of Washington:

We were #KillTheCuts marching at @uaw4121.bsky.social University of Wash today. @sufsseattle.bsky.social

📢 Higher education is under attack. Layoffs, furloughs & funding cuts are jeopardizing our livelihoods. Our labor matters. Our students matter. Our communities matter. We are not disposable. #KillTheCuts @uofwa.bsky.social, @governorferguson.bsky.social, @uaw4121.bsky.social, @wfsec28.bsky.social

Trump’s cuts to federal funding are threatening cancer treatment and endangering lives. TODAY, thousands of workers & patients across the country are coming together to Kill the Cuts & protect lifesaving research. Find the action closest to you at killthecuts.org. @uaw.org @uaw4811.bsky.social

Saying NIH does lifesaving research is not hyperbole—it's fact. Natalie from WA state is waiting to start a trial for colorectal cancer but is now worried about the very real possibility that Trump & Elon's reckless cuts will halt or significantly delay the care she needs.

I'll be there today at #KillTheCuts in Montlake Triangle..part of @uaw4121.bsky.social event 11:30 to 1 pm With @sufsseattle.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social Who is going? #standupforscience

11:30 today!

Today! Join in and stand against cuts to research, healthcare, and education!

Last month, our Local joined our @uaw.org siblings at the Hunter College National Conference for Collective Bargaining in Higher Education to talk about addressing sexual harassment in academia through worker-led programs like EPIC, and fighting Trump 2.0 by coordinating mass actions.

Tomorrow, workers across the country are standing up to the Trump administration and demanding: NO cuts to education and life-saving research. Find an action near you: www.killthecuts.org

🚨HEY DORKS! PROTEST ALERT🚨 Kill The Cuts National Day of Action is Tomorrow, Tuesday April 8th! Find an action near you: www.killthecuts.org/action-near-... Stand Up for lifesaving research, healthcare, and education! @aaup.bsky.social @higheredlabor.bsky.social #standupforscience #killthecuts

🚨 Workers at UW are already experiencing the impacts of the Trump administration’s ongoing attacks on research funding, as well as Governor Ferguson’s proposed state budget cuts.

UW workers, faculty, staff, students, and community members will be rallying on April 8 to demand that our lawmakers KILL THE CUTS to education and research! Will you be there? 👀