WHO WE ARE
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Tutors, Teaching Assistants, Peer Advisors, Research Assistants, Library Assistants, Faculty Assistants, and Research Advisors
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We do a massive amount of the teaching, instructional, and research work that makes WWU run on a daily basis
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We filed a petition with the WA State Labor Board in December 2022
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We passed a law to clearly enshrine collective bargaining rights for academic student employees at regional universities in WA
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The WWU Administration has supported our legal right to unionize
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We won our Union with a 98% YES vote in May, 2023
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Finished bargaining our historic first contract May 22nd
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We elected our first Executive Board in October, 2024
2025-10 EXECUTIVE BOARD VACANCY ELECTION RESULTS
On November 20th, 2025, two officers were sworn into the Executive Board of Western Academic Workers United. We are pleased to announce the uncontested election of Connor Haines, a Web Developer at the Center for Institutional Innovation, and Quinn Marston, a Student...
2025-08 OSE Leadership Election Results
On August 15th, 2025, Western Academic Workers United's Joint Organizing Committee voted in three Operational Student Employees to serve equally as unit leaders for the interim period before the OSE Unit could be formally represented by WAWU. The Joint OC decided by a...
2025-05 Department Steward Election Results
On May 1st, 2025, Western Academic Workers United's membership elected the following department stewards: DepartmentNameContactCareer ServicesJack Bengstonbengstj2@wwu.eduEnglish Graduate TAsAnni Kamolakamolaa@wwu.eduHacherl Research and Writing StudioLeo...
2024-10 EXECUTIVE BOARD ELECTION RESULTS
The Executive Board vacancy election nominations period has concluded with Jules Robichaux and Eddie Church having accepted their nominations for Recording Secretary and a Trustee position. As they are running unopposed, there will not be a vacancy election to vote...
2024-NOMINATION FORMS
WAWU ELECTION NOMINATION HUBWAWU EXECUTIVE BOARD ELECTIONSNOMINATION PERIOD IS OPEN FROM TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10TH. IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THE FIRST WAWU EXECUTIVE BOARD ELECTIONS, CLICK HERE
OCT 2024 EXEC BOARD ELECTIONS ANNOUNCEMENT
LOCAL 4929 EXECUTIVE BOARD ELECTION Nominations for the first WAWU Executive Board Elections are now open. Accept your nomination (here) before the deadline at 11:59 pm on Thursday, October 10th! The Executive Board is the elected group of union members that make sure...
2024 ESEs on Strike
Strike Resources and UpdatesWHAT ARE WE STRIKING FOR?Resources For ESE StrikersPICKET DETAILSNot an ESE? Here's how you can help.
Open Letter to the WWU Community
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2024 ESE Strike Authorization Vote
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 Assistants, Tutors, Reader/Graders, Peer Advisors and more at Western...
Strike FAQ – 2024
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.ESEs have been hard at work trying to reach a fair agreement with WWU Administrators since the start September 2023. We...
BARGAINING CENTER PAGE
Check out details about our first tentative agreement and vote to ratify our contract!