Student workers are drowning in the rising costs of living and learning in Bellingham and WWU Admin are unwilling to make movement towards our top priority proposals in bargaining to address these issues - on May Day, we're putting out an SOS (Support Our Strike authorization vote) call to action for the WWU Community!! March with us […]
The Events and Action Planning (EAP) committee meets to ensure that all WAWU events (for both OSEs and ESEs) are planned and executed smoothly. Currently, we are working on pulling together the logistics for our Strike Authorization Vote and Voluntary Recognition for OSEs! If you have a passion for event planning, this is the committee […]
Join the group of people to help make our social media posts, write our emails, edit our website, and generally maintain our public presence as Western Academic Workers United. This first meeting will focus on setting our goals, talking about key messaging frames, and splitting up the many platforms (Instagram, Twitter, email, TikTok, etc.) we’ll […]
Interested in helping with some of the the logistics that ensure our collective success as a unionized group of Operational Student Employees? Come to the OC meeting, anyone is welcome, regardless of experience or participation level! (Seriously, it’s totally fine to come be a fly on the wall) See you on Wednesdays, at 6pm online […]
Weekly meetings of all bargaining committee members and Educational Student Employee (ESE) organizers! We go over the plans for our upcoming bargaining sessions and keeping all ESE members up to date with the latest information. We generally start off the meeting with organizing plans and end with bargaining session prep. Anyone is welcome!
A Strike Authorization Vote (SAV) Is a vote whether or not to give our bargaining team the authority to call a strike if circumstances at the negotiation table with WWU Admin justify. If a two-thirds (⅔) majority of Educational Student Employees (ESEs) votes YES, this would allow our bargaining committee to set a strike deadline. […]
The Events and Action Planning (EAP) committee meets to ensure that all WAWU events (for both OSEs and ESEs) are planned and executed smoothly. Currently, we are working on pulling together the logistics for our Strike Authorization Vote and Voluntary Recognition for OSEs! If you have a passion for event planning, this is the committee […]
Join the group of people to help make our social media posts, write our emails, edit our website, and generally maintain our public presence as Western Academic Workers United. This first meeting will focus on setting our goals, talking about key messaging frames, and splitting up the many platforms (Instagram, Twitter, email, TikTok, etc.) we’ll […]
Interested in helping with some of the the logistics that ensure our collective success as a unionized group of Operational Student Employees? Come to the OC meeting, anyone is welcome, regardless of experience or participation level! (Seriously, it’s totally fine to come be a fly on the wall) See you on Wednesdays, at 6pm online […]
Weekly meetings of all bargaining committee members and Educational Student Employee (ESE) organizers! We go over the plans for our upcoming bargaining sessions and keeping all ESE members up to date with the latest information. We generally start off the meeting with organizing plans and end with bargaining session prep. Anyone is welcome!
Join us for our May Monthly Membership Meeting (MMM)! Meet other union members, talk about what’s happening with our campaigns on campus, how you can get involved, and what to expect in the coming weeks.
The Events and Action Planning (EAP) committee meets to ensure that all WAWU events (for both OSEs and ESEs) are planned and executed smoothly. Currently, we are working on pulling together the logistics for our Strike Authorization Vote and Voluntary Recognition for OSEs! If you have a passion for event planning, this is the committee […]