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...
by WAWU | Mar 11, 2024 | ESE Bargaining, ESE News, Weekly Newsletter
TLDR: Add your name to our petition and add your voice to our rally to show Western that we are committed to finding a solution where our reality doesn’t mean student workers have to drop out of school. As winter quarter is winding down, bargaining negotiations for...
by WAWU | Mar 5, 2024 | ESE Bargaining, ESE News, Weekly Newsletter
TLDR: RSVP to come to our Western Academic Workers United (WAWU) Monthly Membership Meeting (3/12) to get updates and learn more about what’s been going on! Also, if you haven’t yet, sign our “Fully Fund Western” petition!! This week in bargaining between our union’s...
by WAWU | Feb 27, 2024 | ESE Bargaining, ESE News, Weekly Newsletter
TLDR: Add your name to our “Fully Fund Western” petition RIGHT NOW to show the university that we are committed to working together to save our educational and working experiences from budget cuts. We had another day of bargaining yesterday, where we brought...
by WAWU | Feb 20, 2024 | ESE Bargaining, ESE News, Weekly Newsletter
TLDR: Us Educational Student Employees deserve competitive living wages, tuition waivers, and fee waivers. Western’s biggest excuse is that they don’t have “enough money” to make that happen, but we know that WWU is the least funded university in WA per student. If...
by WAWU | Feb 12, 2024 | ESE Bargaining, ESE News, Weekly Newsletter
TLDR: Western brought their wages proposal to the table this week and… spoiler alert it shows that they absolutely do NOT value the labor we bring to this university. We NEED to hear your thoughts on their proposal. Come to the MMM tomorrow (Tuesday, 2/13 at 5:30 in...
