The Orientations Committee meets weekly to create and implement the Western Academic Workers United new employee orientations that we won in our first contract. This includes: creating the visual elements to be presented and handed out to student employees attending orientations, hive-minding the important talking points for new student employees so that they fit within […]
Find WAWU at Western's Info Fair! Sign membership and authorization cards, get info about upcoming events like direct actions and committee meetings, and ask questions!
Weekly meetings of all Educational Student Employee (ESE) organizers! We create and go over strategies for keeping all of our peers and coworkers informed about the protections and benefits of the first contract that we won together. Anyone and everyone is welcome! This meeting is virtual. Email for access to the google meets link.
Weekly meetings of any ESE and/or OSE who is interested in building the political power of student employees! We organize WAWU’s legislative and policy agenda. If you get excited about the “behind the scenes” work of making change happen, about the democratic process, and/or about giving student employees a voice in Bellingham and Olympia. This […]
Can't make it to your departmental union orientation? Want to learn more about what our union is, why we have one, what our new contract covers, and how to get involved? Come to one of our CATCHALL ORIENTATIONS! RSVP HERE! NOTE: these orientations are open to both ESEs and OSEs! However, since OSEs are not […]
Can't make it to your departmental union orientation? Want to learn more about what our union is, why we have one, what our new contract covers, and how to get involved? Come to one of our CATCHALL ORIENTATIONS! RSVP HERE! NOTE: these orientations are open to both ESEs and OSEs! However, since OSEs are not […]
Can't make it to your departmental union orientation? Want to learn more about what our union is, why we have one, what our new contract covers, and how to get involved? Come to one of our CATCHALL ORIENTATIONS! RSVP HERE! NOTE: these orientations are open to both ESEs and OSEs! However, since OSEs are not […]
RSVP HERE Learn from experienced leaders around the intersections of justice in Bellingham and Washington. While each topic is different, all will have information about what we do, how we do it, and how each part connects to the whole. Join us to connect the dots of a progressive political movement and turn the “city […]
RSVP HERE WAWU doesn’t accept the idea of a campus bubble - as a union, we’re incredibly active in our surrounding community, and we make up 2% of the voting block in Bellingham! WAWU student employees played a significant role in raising the minimum wage for ALL workers here in Bellingham, and we successfully convinced […]
Can't make it to your departmental union orientation? Want to learn more about what our union is, why we have one, what our new contract covers, and how to get involved? Come to one of our CATCHALL ORIENTATIONS! RSVP HERE! NOTE: these orientations are open to both ESEs and OSEs! However, since OSEs are not […]
FILL OUT THE SURVEY AND RSVP HERE A coalition of labor, community, non-profit, tenant, and manufactured homeowner organizations and Councilmember Jace Cotton are introducing an ordinance to prohibit unfair and excessive fees in residential rentals and manufactured home parks. Your stories as renters and manufactured homeowners of unfair fees and deposit requirements is crucial to […]
Can't make it to your departmental union orientation? Want to learn more about what our union is, why we have one, what our new contract covers, and how to get involved? Come to one of our CATCHALL ORIENTATIONS! RSVP HERE! NOTE: these orientations are open to both ESEs and OSEs! However, since OSEs are not […]