WHO: Anyone who works for Western! WHAT: A demonstration to demand that the state prioritize fully funding institutes of higher education WHERE: Red Square on the campus of WWU WHEN: Pi Day! (Thursday, March 13th) at Noon! WHY: Because Western is the most underfunded per student university in the state of Washington. Because budget cuts […]
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 […]
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. […]