1,200 WWU student employees go on strike
Source: cascadia daily
Operational student staff seek recognition and a contract a year and a half after voting to unionize
May 28, 2025 9:46 a.m.
Updated May 28, 2025 5:10 p.m.
By Charlotte Alden
General Assignment/Enterprise Reporter
More than a thousand student employees at Western Washington University went on strike early Wednesday, May 28.
Operational student employees, who include program support staff, recreation assistants, resident advisors and lifeguards, are seeking union recognition from Western and a contract. Since the group voted to join Western Academic Workers United in December 2023, university officials have said they will not recognize the union until legislation is passed to extend collective bargaining rights to student workers.
Twice now, such bills in the state Legislature have failed to make it out of committee.
“WWU remains supportive of efforts to extend collective bargaining rights to operational student employees,” the university said in a statement on its website. “If legislation is enacted, the university will follow the appropriate processes for recognizing and bargaining with a certified union.”
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