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...
by WAWU | Nov 3, 2023 | ESE Bargaining, ESE News, News, Weekly Newsletter
Yesterday afternoon, we went back to the bargaining table with WWU admin. We headed in with a lot of momentum and we’re quickly working our way through the early articles of our contract. Over the course of four hours, we exchanged a total of twelve articles — eight...
by WAWU | Oct 3, 2023 | ESE Bargaining, ESE News, Weekly Newsletter
Yesterday afternoon, we started negotiating our first ever contract with WWU admin. The 10 of us elected Bargaining Committee members and almost 20 other Educational Student Employees from across campus showed up to the Old Main Solarium, where we sat across the table...
