The Union of ALL Student Employees at WWU
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ALL Student Employees need:
Higher education is the great social equalizer. As the cost of rent and university enrollment skyrockets in Bellingham, Western Administrators can and must meet educational and operational student employees at the bargaining table to face the challenge of making WWU accessible to students with diverse and underrepresented socio-economic backgrounds together.
Western says they care about working students, but they have made it clear that "making higher education accessible to all" is a slogan, not a priority. That is why Educational Student Employees are taking a Strike Authorization Vote.
Next Bargaining Session
Monday, April 29th
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11 AM – 5 PM
SOLARIUM (OLD MAIN 590)
OSE Authorization Cards
Until WWU volutarily reconizes us, we will continue to strengthen our majority of Operational Student Employees who want to form our union. Download and fill out an Authorization Card!
DEMANDING VOLUNTARY RECOGNITION
Why not US?
OSEs are facing urgent workplace issues and are some of the only employees at WWU not protected by a labor contract! We provide essential labor to WWU and need the opportunity to democratically determine our working conditions. Sign/share our recognition letter, to show WWU that our fellow coworkers, students, friends, and even staff/faculty support our demand!
Days without Voluntary Recognition
OSE Filing Date: 12/13/2024
Expand the Pi(e) Day Rally:
A collaboration with ALL the unionized workers of Western to fully fund WWU
WWU plays a critical role in the education and research that benefits the state of Washington. It’s unacceptable that our institution continues to be underfunded, when we give so much back to our community and our state. As a unified body of all 5,000 unionized workers at Western (WFSE, PSE, WAWU, UFWWU, SEIU), we are calling on the state legislature to provide Western with the funding it deserves.
Hundreds of WWU Workers filled red square on Pi Day (3/14) to show Western that we want to work with them to expand the pie. Add your name to the petition to ensure that WWU gets adequate funding from the state
Western works because WE DO. Let’s work together and take away any excuses that the pie just isn’t big enough for all of us.
Upcoming Events
OSE Organizing Committee Meeting
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...
ESE Bargaining/Organizing Committee Weekly Meeting
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...
Events and Action Planning Committee
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...
Communications Committee Meeting
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...