News & Updates
WAWU’s operational student employees fight for recognition
During the 2024 Legislative Session, OSEs submitted a bill that defines bargaining rights for Student Workers at all Washington Regional Universities. Despite widespread support from student employees and Western itself, the bill unfortunately did not get passed. Read...
OSE Recognition one of WAWU 2025 Legislative Priorities! See us in The Front
Operational Student Employees across campus are fighting this legislative session pass collective bargaining framework so that all Student Employees at Washington Regional Universities (Evergreen, Central, Eastern) can collectively bargain contracts to protect our...
WAWU-UAW Voter GUIDE
WAWU-UAW Local 4929 Voter GuideBALLOT INITIATIVES Initiative Measure 2066 VOTE NO Initiative Measure 2109 VOTE NO Initiative Measure 2117 VOTE NO Initiative Measure 2124 VOTE NO Govenor Bob Ferguson Attorney General Nick Brown US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES District 6...
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 24 EXEC BOARD NOMINATION ACCEPTANCE FORM
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...
UAW Endorsed Washington State Candidates
With over 2500 members, WAWU student employees make up a large portion of the voting body in Bellingham. As members of the United Auto Workers, WWU ESEs and OSEs also help decide which candidates in local and state elections are officially endorsed by the UAW. As...
Operational Student Employee Bargaining Committee Election Results 7/22
Meet the OSE Bargaining Committee! The nomination period for our first ever Bargaining Committee (BC) election for Operational Student Employees (OSEs) ended on Sunday, July 22nd at 11:59pm. At that point, 11 OSEs accepted their nominations! Since there were 12 OSE...
OSE BC Nomination Period Extended 7/17
Members of the Operational Student Employee (OSE) Organizing Committee (OC) voted at the OC meeting on Wednesday night to extend the Nomination Period for our first OSE Bargaining Committee (BC) elections from Wednesday, July 17th to Sunday, July 21st. Here is the...
First OSE Bargaining Committee Election!
OSE Bargaining Committee Elections Announcement Nominations for the OSE Bargaining Committee are now open. Accept your nomination before the deadline on Wednesday, July 17th! Accept your OSE Bargaining Committee Nomination using THIS FORMThe Bargaining Committee (BC)...