WHO: ALL STUDENT EMPLOYEES WHO WORK FOR WESTERN. EVERY. SINGLE. WESTERN. EMPLOYEE! WHAT: A monthly membership meeting regarding all student employees who work at Western. Bargaining Updates for Educational Student Employees, organizing updates for Operational Student Employees, logistics for our upcoming Expand the Pie Rally. FREE MI RANCHO TACOS! WHEN: Tuesday, March12th at 5:00 PM WHERE: Environmental Studies Building, […]
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 […]
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!
WHO: Any Educational Student Employee who wants to learn more about and help develop our strategy and timeline for winning a strong contract before the end of Spring Quarter. WHAT: A full day retreat with specific learning modules designed to help us successfully fight for a historic first contract! There will be coffee, breakfast, AND […]
WHO: Any WAWU member who is interested in observing bargaining! WHAT: 15th negotiation session of our first labor contract with WWU administrators. Come sit in on the session, you can actively listen or passively be in the room getting other work done! WHERE: Viking Union Room 565 WHEN: Mondays, 11am - 5pm WHY: Being present […]
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!
Bargaining Session for Educational Student Employees with Western Washington Administrators. These open sessions are available for ANY student employee to attend, to observe, hold WWU Admin accountable, and show that student employees are engaged in the negotiation process. Sessions last for six hours, from 11am - 5pm, but you can come and go as your […]
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 […]
Bargaining Session for Educational Student Employees with Western Washington Administrators. These open sessions are available for ANY student employee to attend, to observe, hold WWU Admin accountable, and show that student employees are engaged in the negotiation process. Sessions last for six hours, from 11am - 5pm, but you can come and go as your […]
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! **This will […]