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The Wellesley News

The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

The Wellesley News

The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

The Wellesley News

Bargaining canceled as strike approaches 3-week mark

Bargaining canceled as strike approaches 3-week mark

Ruby Barenberg and Christina Ding | April 15, 2025

No new bargaining sessions have been set since the College canceled the bargaining that was scheduled last Thursday, April 10. Since the WOAW union went on strike March 27, the College and WOAW have...

Students stage a sit-in, or study-in, outside the room where the 4/7 bargaining session took place in the Science Center.

WOAW demands transparency while College calls for mediation

Noufeesa Yahyaoui and Christina Ding | April 8, 2025

Wellesley Organized Academic Workers (WOAW) and the College met this Monday, April 7, to discuss core issues of workload, compensation and reappointment. The Union expressed concern about the College’s...

WOAW Rejects Proposed Workload Model

WOAW Rejects Proposed Workload Model

Noufeesa Yahyaoui | April 5, 2025

In the most recent bargaining session, WOAW, Wellesley College’s faculty union, has rejected the College’s proposed tiered workload model.  The proposals in the April 3rd bargaining session covered...

April 1st Bargaining Session between WOAW and the College

April 1st Bargaining Session between WOAW and the College

WOAW (Wellesley Organized Academic Workers) and the College met Tuesday afternoon, the first time since the Union began their strike on Thursday, Mar. 27.  WOAW and the College reached tentative agreements...

WOAW sign at the entrance of the Science Center. Photo courtesty of Valida Pau

WOAW union holds teach-in for college community

Ruby Barenberg and Christina Ding | October 28, 2024

On Thursday, Oct. 25, over 60 students and staff members crowded a lecture room in Founders Hall for the Wellesley Organized Academic Workers (WOAW)’s teach-in.  A bench was moved from the hallway...

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