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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

Credits May Be Divided, But We Will Not Be

Credits May Be Divided, But We Will Not Be

Anika Sridhar | April 17, 2025

On the morning of March 27, the Office of the Provost emailed all students that students will receive 0.5 credits for courses taught by striking NTT faculty, and students falling below the three credit...

College blocks potential IMSEUA strike

College blocks potential IMSEUA strike

Jenna Stephenson, Podcast Chair | April 15, 2025

The College blocked a unanimous vote passed on March 19 by the executive board of the Independent Maintenance and Service Employees’ Union of America (IMSEUA) to honor the Wellesley Organized Academic...

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...

UPS deliveries disrupted, others unaffected as strike continues

UPS deliveries disrupted, others unaffected as strike continues

Jessica Chen, Junior News Editor | April 5, 2025

UPS deliveries were disrupted for a few days as a result of the Wellesley Organized Academic Workers’ (WOAW-UAW) strike, while other deliveries to the College will remain normal.  UPS, which unionized...

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...

UAW President Shawn Fain speaks at WOAW picket line

UAW President Shawn Fain speaks at WOAW picket line

Jenna Stephenson | April 1, 2025

Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union, joined Wellesley non-tenure track (NTT) faculty on the Wellesley Organized Academic Workers (WOAW) picket line on April 1. “No matter...

Wellesley caps WOAW-taught class to 0.5 unit credit, reopening registration Saturday

Wellesley caps WOAW-taught class to 0.5 unit credit, reopening registration Saturday

Valida Pau, Editor-in-Chief | March 27, 2025

This is a developing story. Please check back later for updates. Wellesley students will only receive a half-unit in courses taught by non-tenure-track faculty members in Wellesley Organized Academic...

The Wellesley student’s case for a union strike

The Wellesley student’s case for a union strike

Avery Finley | March 4, 2025

In my six months working in the Provost's Office, the ongoing negotiations between the Wellesley Organized Academic Workers (WOAW) union and the College have never come up. Though a student assistant is...

WOAW holds strike authorization vote beginning Feb. 14

WOAW holds strike authorization vote beginning Feb. 14

Sazma Sarwar and Ruby Barenberg | February 15, 2025
Wellesley Organized Academic Workers (WOAW), the non-tenure track faculty union, has started a strike authorization vote after bargaining with the College since May 2024.
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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Wellesley’s unionized faculty are negotiating with the College. How much progress has really been made?

Valida Pau, Ruby Barenberg, and Christina Ding | October 2, 2024
The Wellesley Organized Academic Workers (WOAW) union is six months into bargaining for their first contract with the College and still far from one. 
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