News & Updates
AFTER MULTI-YEAR FIGHT FOR UNION RIGHTS, UNION OF WWU OPERATIONAL STUDENT EMPLOYEES IS CERTIFIED
OSEs worked to pass legislation that codified their choice to form a union Bellingham, WA – On April 15, the Washington State Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) certified the union for Western Washington University’s 1,100 Operational Student Employees...
Bargaining Update: Session #2
What happened at the table? Yesterday WAWU sat down with WWU for the second session of bargaining. WAWU applied pressure, passing another 6 contract articles across the table for western to review. WWU countered, passing our Bargaining Committee members a total...
2026-04 Constitutional Convention DELEGATE ELECTION RESULTS
On April 3rd, 2026, Western Academic Workers United elected Connor Haines to serve as our Local's delegate to the 2026 UAW Constitutional Convention. The Elections Committee certified the uncontested election of Connor Haines on 2026-04-04. My name is Connor Haines,...
Bargaining Update #1:
Today, Western Academic Workers United sat down at the bargaining table with WWU for the first time ever as one unit, ESEs and OSEs, recognized under Washington state law. Student workers from across campus and disciplines came together to start the process of...
2026-04 Constitutional Convention Delegate Election Announcement
Western Academic Workers United will be electing one delegate to attend the United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America's Thirty-Ninth Constitutional Convention in accordance with the International Constitution and Local Bylaws....
2026-03 EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING MINUTES
These minutes were furnished for publication by our Recording Secretary, Anika Erickson, on March 12th, 2026. For questions, please contact eboard@wawu-union.org. 2026-03-05 Executive Board Meeting MinutesDownload
2026-02 Joint Bargaining Committee Election Results
On March 6th, 2026, the Western Academic Workers United Elections Committee counted ballots cast in the OSE Bargaining Committee Election and certified the results. The following members are the duly elected OSE Bargaining Committee members and the Executive Board...
SHB1570 Passes Senate Floor
Earlier today, March 4th, 2026, our OSE Collective Bargaining Bill was passed by the Washington State Senate, 29 to 19! It has passed both houses of WA state legislature, and is now headed to Governor Ferguson to be signed into law! This is an incredible milestone for...
SHB 1570 Passes Senate Ways And Means
On Monday March 2nd, 2026, our OSE Collective Bargaining Bill was passed by the Senate Ways and Means Committee! Thank you to everyone who has supported our bill on its journey so far, including our wonderful legislators, our UAW staffers, members from other unions on...
2026 OSE Bargaining Committee Voting
Our 2026 bargaining committee election is now open! Voting will remain open for 7 days, closing on March 5th, 2026. Please rank the following candidates in order of preference. You can view candidate statements here. Please email elections@wawu-union.org with any...