WWU student employees strike for better wages, protection 

Western Washington University academic student employees went on strike early Tuesday morning, May 21.  The strike is the last resort for the 1,100 academic student employees, who unionized in June 2023. They’ve been bargaining with Western since October. The union says Western has not budged sufficiently on wages, tuition assistance, bereavement leave or probation articles for a proposed contract.  Academic student employees are graduate and undergraduate students who fill teachin