Dear Faculty,Thank you for your participation in selecting the leadership of your union. The Elections Committee would especially like to thank all the candidates for their willingness to serve. Please find the results of the 2022 United Faculty of Western Washington elections below and contact us with any questions. Congratulations to the elected officers!- UFWW Elections Committee (Jeff Young, Lysa Rivera, Nini Hayes, Josh Cerretti)*President: *Peter Pihos*Vice President: *Vicki Hsueh *Treasurer:*  ...Continue Reading

Dear UFWW Members,A quick reminder that Friday, June 25 is the last day for the Peanut Butter Challenge. Details are below the signature.Thanks, JJC---This June, in collaboration with the other unions in the Northwest Washington Central Labor Council, United Faculty of Western Washington are participating in the PEANUT BUTTER CHALLENGE in support of local food banks. We'll be trying to gather more donations of peanut butter than the other unions in pursuit of bragging rights and, more importantly, addressing f ...Continue Reading

Dear UFWW Members,This June, in collaboration with the other unions in the Northwest Washington Central Labor Council, United Faculty of Western Washington are participating in the PEANUT BUTTER CHALLENGE in support of local food banks. We'll be trying to gather more donations of peanut butter than the other unions in pursuit of bragging rights and, more importantly, addressing food insecurity in our community.We ask that you *buy union peanut butter *(Jif or Adams) from a union grocery store (l ...Continue Reading

Dear UFWW Members,The Elections Committee is pleased to congratulate the new officers for the 2021-2023 term: President. Theresa Warburton (English, CHSS)Chief Steward. Peter Pihos (History, CHSS)Communications Director. Lysa Rivera (English, CHSS)At-Large Representative. Kirsten Drickey (Modern & Classical Languages, CHSS), Nini Hayes (Environmental Studies, Huxley), Kathryn Trueblood (English, CHSS)For all who ran — thank you for your support of UFWW.  Thanks also to everyone who voted in this ...Continue Reading

From the UFWS Blog   by Bill Lyne   This time it’s going to be much worse.From 2008 to 2012, during the recession that now seems more quaint than great, the state slashed appropriations to public higher education.  This only accelerated a process of privatization.  Following a trend that had been consistent since at least the early 1980s, state universities raised tuition between 60% and 80% over four years and went on their merry way.  Overall university budgets were actually affected ...Continue Reading

Dear UFWW Members,The Elections Committee is pleased to congratulate the new officers for the 2020-2022 term: President – Ricardo Lopez, History, CHSSVice President – Vicki Hsueh, Political Science & Director of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, CHSSAt-Large Representative – Josh Ceretti, History, CHSSTreasurer – Mark Springer, Department of Decision Sciences, CBEFor those who ran and for you who voted — thank you for your participation in this democratic process.Sincere ...Continue Reading

Dear UFWW Members,Please join UFWW President Rich Brown and members of EXEC for our annual spring meeting on Tuesday, May 19th at 4:30 pm (Zoom invite below, please note the password requirement).  The meeting will include a state of the union summary for the year, solicitation of nominations from the floor for spring elections, and conclude with a Q & A session.More information regarding elections will be coming out at the end of next week in our annual spring newsletter.Best,Rich Brown, UFWW PresidentDep ...Continue Reading

Dear UFWW Members,I write to inform you of the action taken by Faculty Senate this week regarding the amendment to Section 2 of the Faculty Code of Ethics_._After months of debate and discussion, which included the admirably brave and impactful testimony by many WWU students of color who have been, and continue to be, personally impacted by racial discrimination both on and off campus, the Faculty Senate voted to amend Section 2 of the Faculty Code of Ethics to read as follows:“As teachers, the Western faculty encourage ...Continue Reading

Dear Members,As I hope you saw in the Provost's email yesterday, you will be receiving a 4% across-the-board raise next fall due to the union's negotiations with the administration during last spring's "re-opener" bargain.  Congratulations!Also, election results are in!  Please join me in congratulating our newly elected and re-elected Executive Board Members:President: Rich Brown Vice President: Ricardo Lopez Chief Steward: Lysa Rivera Communication Director: Nabil Kamel At-Large Representative: Bla ...Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues,
Our Spring member meeting will be this Friday, May 17th at 2:00pm. Please note that since our last message there has been a room change. We will be meeting in *Bond 221*. We will also call for, and then close nominations for the election of officers. The following positions will be up for election (terms are in parentheses):
President (2019-2021) Vice President (2019-2021) Director of Communications (2019-2021) Chief Steward (2019-2021) At-Large I, II, III (2019-2021)The terms for these positions begin ...Continue Reading