News & Updates
Operational Student Employees Have Filed for Recognition!!!
12/13/23 Operational Student Employees Have Filed for Recognition!!!On December 13th, 2023, all 1,100 of us deemed “operational” student employees filed to form a union with majority support from the members in our unit. We filed at the Washington State Public...
We’re holding a vacancy election!
Bargaining Committee Elections Announcement Nominations for the WAWU Bargaining Committee are now open. Accept your nomination before the deadline on Monday, December 11th! Accept your nomination using THIS FORM! The Bargaining Committee (BC) is the elected group of...
Update / Summary from 1st Bargaining Session
Yesterday afternoon, we started negotiating our first ever contract with WWU admin. The 10 of us elected Bargaining Committee members and almost 20 other Educational Student Employees from across campus showed up to the Old Main Solarium, where we sat across the table...
We’re holding a vacancy election!
Bargaining Committee Elections Announcement Nominations for the WAWU Bargaining Committee are now open. Accept your nomination (here) before the deadline on Monday, Sept 18th! Western Academic Workers United (WAWU) will soon start bargaining with the WWU...
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Sign our Initial Bargaining Demands
These demands lay out a vision for how we want to transform working conditions at WWU. Sign on to join our vision.
We won our election by 98%!
The vote to form WAWU-UAW has concluded, and 98% of ESEs have voted in favor of a union!
Let us know you voted in the election!
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WAWU OSEs Are Forming a Union! See us in the Stand
“The truth is that the university could not run without student employees.” Read more.
We’re having an election to get certified!
In Mid-May, the WA state labor commission (PERC) will be conducting an official election to certify us as a union. Take a minute and sign the pledge to vote, so we can reach out to you when ballots have dropped!