Rally: Hands off healthcare jobs!

As part of a nation-wide day of action, rally to defend healthcare and research jobs from the federal administration’s anti-worker actions

SEATTLE, WA (February 18, 2025) — On February 19, higher education workers, students, and allies are taking to the streets across the U.S. to sound the alarm on attacks on health research and healthcare access.

UAW 4121, in partnership with other local unions, is organizing a rally at the Portage Bay Vista on the UW Seattle campus at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, February 19. Labor siblings and supporters are encouraged to attend.

Without mass resistance, these attacks will result in layoffs, program and school closures, and devastation to local economies that depend on the economic impact of these colleges and universities. Lifesaving research on topics such as cancer, viral pandemics, heart disease, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s won’t be completed, or even begun. Higher ed workers—long facing growing job precarity—are now facing unprecedented job insecurity.

More info and registration at labor4highered.org.