by Karna Ringham | May 6, 2024 | Elections Committee, ESE Bargaining
Strike Authorization Vote Closes In Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) EDUCATIONAL STUDENT EMPLOYEES AT WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ARE FIGHTING FOR OUR FIRST CONTRACT We are 1,100 undergraduate and graduate students working as Teaching Assistants, Research...
by Erin Grimes | May 1, 2024 | ESE Bargaining
We set a Strike Deadline for TUESDAY, MAY 21st at 5am If WWU Admin don’t come to the table with fair proposals before then, ESEs won’t go to work. Why are we going on strike now? ESEs have been hard at work trying to reach a fair agreement with WWU...
by WAWU | Apr 22, 2024 | ESE Bargaining, ESE News, Weekly Newsletter
If you have been reading our bargaining updates over the past couple of weeks, you’ll know that we are holding a Strike Authorization Vote (SAV) in two weeks on May 6-9th – but you may be wondering why our bargaining has come to this point. For too long,...
by WAWU | Apr 16, 2024 | ESE Bargaining, ESE News, Weekly Newsletter
Last week we had our 17th bargaining session! While we continue to make progress with WWU admin, it’s clear that they see us differently than other employees on campus. In response to our proposal of paid vacation time for hourly workers, WWU admin rejected the...
by Karna Ringham | Apr 11, 2024 | ESE Bargaining
We set a Strike Deadline for TUESDAY, MAY 21st at 5am If WWU Admin don’t come to the table with fair proposals before then, ESEs won’t go to work. Why are we going on strike now? ESEs have been hard at work trying to reach a fair agreement with WWU...
by WAWU | Apr 2, 2024 | ESE Bargaining, ESE News, Weekly Newsletter
We hope that your spring break was restful and that you’re heading into this new quarter rejuvenated and ready to stand together to fight for our first contract as Western Academic Workers United (WAWU-UAW)! We had our sixteenth bargaining session with WWU Admin...
