by WAWU | Feb 2, 2024 | ESE Bargaining, ESE News, Weekly Newsletter
Welcome to your weekly bargaining updates! As usual, we are keeping up the pace of bargaining to build our first contract as soon as possible. This week, we passed eight counter proposals across the table to Western Admin. We made movement towards WWU on Health and...
by WAWU | Jan 26, 2024 | ESE Bargaining, ESE News, Weekly Newsletter
As Educational Student Employees, we won the right last year to collectively bargain for our working conditions. Our counterparts who do similar work with different job titles (Operational Student Employees) are currently fighting for their own recognition from...
by WAWU | Jan 17, 2024 | ESE Bargaining, ESE News, Weekly Newsletter
At the bargaining session yesterday, we finally proposed all of our major contract articles by passing them across the table! Over 50 ESEs presented our demands for wages, tuition & fee waivers, parking, housing and healthcare, despite WWU Admin unilaterally...
by WAWU | Dec 8, 2023 | ESE Bargaining, ESE News, News, Weekly Newsletter
Huge news from the bargaining table this week! On Tuesday afternoon, we Tentatively Agreed to two absolutely crucial articles: 1) Training and 2) Workspace and Materials. In our Training article, we won the right to be trained in the duties necessary for our jobs and...
by WAWU | Dec 1, 2023 | ESE Bargaining, ESE News, News, Weekly Newsletter
Two big pieces of news! First, we have 14 OPEN SPOTS on our Bargaining Committee. The BC voted to expand itself this week, and we’re so excited to welcome tons of new people into the heart of the bargaining process. If you care about our contract and want to play an...
by WAWU | Nov 22, 2023 | ESE Bargaining, ESE News, Weekly Newsletter
Yesterday we went back to the bargaining table for our third round of negotiations with WWU admin. Over the course of the afternoon, we Tentatively Agreed to two articles and proposed four new ones. Check out the full text in our Bargaining Hub later today! Here are...
