WESTERN ACADEMIC WORKERS UNION (WAWU)
- United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 4121 are representing Western Academic Workers United (WAWU) which includes research and teaching assistants, laboratory assistants, library assistants, tutors, and others.
- Western Academic Workers United (WAWU) is the umbrella term that they are using for themselves.
- The WAWU Educational Student Employees (ESE) is a recognized union, and they are currently bargaining with Western based on SB 5238, which was passed and signed by the state last year.
- The WAWU's Operation Student Employees (OSE) are not recognized, and SB 5895, which would have provided a bargaining framework, did not pass. The University believes that legislation establishing the right to bargain, the process for seeking recognition of a union, and the rules that govern bargaining are necessary prerequisites for the University to recognize a unit of operational student employees.
Current Agreement:
Educational Student Employee (ESE) Job Titles
Computer Assistant 1*
Computer Assistant 2*
Computer Assistant 3*
Dept. Grad Research Ass 6-G
Faculty Assistant 1
Faculty Assistant 2
Faculty Assistant 3
Grad Teaching/Research Asst
Graduate Assistant
Graduate Research Assistant
Graduate Research Asst Hourly
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Laboratory Assistant 1
Laboratory Assistant 2
Laboratory Assistant 3
Library Assistant 1
Library Assistant 2
Library Assistant 3
Peer Advisor 1
Peer Advisor 2
Peer Advisor 3
Research Assistant 1
Research Assistant 2
Research Assistant 3
Tutor 1
Tutor 2
Tutor 3
*Student Technology Center Only