WAWU Union Authorization Card

Western Academic Workers United Authorization Card

We're forming a union for operational student employees at WWU! Our goal is to have the power to collectively bargain for better working conditions, advocate for student workers' needs, and gain a voice in our workplaces. Please sign this unionization card to indicate your support for having a student union.
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example@cwu.edu
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example@gmail.com
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Western Washington UniversityOther
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I join with my colleagues to improve our wages, our working conditions, and our profession. I authorize Western Academic Workers United, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America to represent me in collective bargaining. This card and my signature can be used for a card check election and to certify, without a secret ballot election Western Academic Workers United, United Automombile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America as my exclusive bargaining representative. I understand I can revoke authorization to use my card for a card check election by contacting PERC. I understand that WWU Operational Student Employees will elect a bargaining committee of our colleagues to negotiate the contract and that no WWU Student Employee will be asked to pay any dues or fees until contract terms have been democratically approved by WWU Operational Student Employees.
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I want to help make sure that we (Operational Student Employees) can form our union by....

Coming to Monthly Membership Meetings!Coming to Weekly Organizing Meetings!Talking to my coworkers about signing authorization cards!I'm not sure, but I want to learn more!
About signing a union authorization card

WAWU-UAW is the collective union of all student employees at WWU. When a majority of a group of student employees signs union cards to authorize our representation by UAW, the Public Employee Relations Commission will count the cards and approve a petition to form a bargaining unit. Operational student employees can then begin bargaining with WWU.

Bargaining a first contract has several steps:
- WWU operational student employees elect a bargaining committee made up of our peers;
- The bargaining committee conducts surveys of what operational student employees would like a contract to address;
- Based on surveys, the bargaining committee drafts initial bargaining proposals and seeks democratic approval from operational student employees;
- WWU operational student employees participate with the bargaining committee in the contract campaign;
- WWU operational student employees decide what to bargain for and what the terms of the contract are, including dues and fees as well as salaries, workplace rights, and benefits;
- Once a collective bargaining agreement has been negotiated, all WWU operational student employees can vote to approve or reject the agreement to decide if it goes into effect (or if the bargaining committee must continue to bargain a better contract).
No one will be asked to pay any dues or fees until the collective bargaining agreement has been approved by a vote of WWU Student Employees. In the UAW, dues for members are 1.44% of gross income.

If you have questions or want to get more involved, email: contact@wawu-union.org, and check out https://www.wawu-union.org for more information.
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Western Academic Workers United Authorization Card

About signing a union authorization card