by Jase Kaeberlein | May 9, 2026 | Election Updates
Voting has opened for our 2026-05 Executive Board Vacancy Election! All members in good standing are eligible to vote, and can do so here: https://forms.gle/c8mBBosGVQHWnh997Candidate statements have been posted here. Voting opened on 2026-05-09 and closes 2026-05-16...
by Jase Kaeberlein | Apr 24, 2026 | Election Updates
The 2026-05 Vacancy Election Nominations opened on 2026-04-16 and closed at midnight on 2026-04-25. Details can be found on the election announcement post. President Anika Erickson Tutor at Hacherl Research and Writing Studio Candidate declined to provide a statement...
by Jase Kaeberlein | Apr 16, 2026 | Election Updates
Nominations for the WAWU Executive Board opened today! If you’re a student employee — ESE or OSE — who wants to help run the union, now is a great chance to get involved. There are a variety of positions open, which have their own unique responsibilities. The...
by Jen Acker | Apr 16, 2026 | OSE Bargaining, OSE News, Press Releases
OSEs worked to pass legislation that codified their choice to form a union Bellingham, WA – On April 15, the Washington State Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) certified the union for Western Washington University’s 1,100 Operational Student Employees...
by Willow Heidt | Apr 7, 2026 | 2026 Bargaining Updates, Bargaining Committee, ESE Bargaining, ESE News, OSE Bargaining, OSE News
What happened at the table? Yesterday WAWU sat down with WWU for the second session of bargaining. WAWU applied pressure, passing another 6 contract articles across the table for western to review. WWU countered, passing our Bargaining Committee members a total...
by Jase Kaeberlein | Apr 4, 2026 | Election Results
On April 3rd, 2026, Western Academic Workers United elected Connor Haines to serve as our Local’s delegate to the 2026 UAW Constitutional Convention. The Elections Committee certified the uncontested election of Connor Haines on 2026-04-04. My name is Connor...
