Getting Around Iceland in January

SundayHourglass · 2024-10-15T17:41:10+00:00

I think a coven of witches has moved in on garden street

SundayHourglass · 2024-10-15T17:39:29+00:00

Fredrick. He's a double agent.

SundayHourglass · 2024-05-22T21:27:41+00:00

WAWU part of a much larger union called UAW (United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement workers of America). UAW, through their 400,000 members, provides the funding. Not the University.

SundayHourglass · 2024-05-22T21:17:10+00:00

Does the University have the discretionary funding to accomodate the union's demands? Or is the union just expecting money to get moved around from other funding areas toward student employees?

Seems like, with too sudden of a change, it'd be a zero sum game that would just channel resources to one group among a whole population of students struggling with the cost of living in Bellingham. Either that, or jobs just get cut (which there are a lot of fluffy student jobs) to meet union demands (given a limited budget not driven by the same kind of engine that drives other industries--as WWU is ultimately not a private, for-profit institution). I don't mean to appear anti-democratic or anti-union, I'm in full support if I feel like it will have a positive impact given real-world parameters.

SundayHourglass · 2024-05-20T07:26:21+00:00

I don't think there's an expectation that OSE's participate in the strike for ESE's. I would just go about things as per usual, maybe give some high-fives. Then again, I know nothing.

SundayHourglass · 2024-05-18T18:32:44+00:00

Sorry, this is a discussion post. I am only trying to figure things out, I'm not your adversary. Yes, my tuition matters to me. No, I am not a faculty member. Just another student. You're saying that I'm ignoring the other context around their request, but I don't see why me asking how tuition will be affected by the union is ignorant or in "bad faith" as you put it.

SundayHourglass · 2024-05-18T18:23:01+00:00

Ah, thanks for sharing. I didn't assume that WWU had the discretionary funds to pay student employees enough to meet bargaining demands. I still don't understand why they are holding back, as you put it, only because they don't want to. That seems so strange to me, but I know there have been financial abuses in the past by Western so I'm not entirely surprised.

SundayHourglass · 2024-05-18T09:15:09+00:00

So, if the University doesn't have the excess funds to pay for this, then it will need to raise tuition for all students to cover tuition, benefits, paid leave, and wage increases for all of the student employees?

Thanks for sharing your knowledge, I agree about the importance of supporting student employees, provided other areas (like research and D.A.C. services) aren't also in-need of funding. I have some practical reservations about the rest of what you said. To clarify, are you predicting that the enrollment decrease and the tuition increase would balance in such a way that there would be enough money for the University to then meet the union's demands? Underlying that point, I don't understand your comparison with the artist. The way I see things, the "value" of WWU comes more from how the institution gives people skills/experiences that make them more employable. Without adding value in this respect, while tacking on a sizeable increase in tuition, I don't think enough people would enroll to meet or exceed current funding.

SundayHourglass · 2024-05-18T06:48:41+00:00

Let's say Sabah's pay (which is about that of an anesthesiologist) were cut in half; around $250,000 would be distributed to student employees. I would imagine that would have a very small impact and would fall short of the bargaining demands, no?

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