On January 11th, VP Ortega met with the fired SLICE workers / Working Wildcats and informed us that everyone will be fully reinstated with no loss of compensation, and CWU is taking immediate steps to improve communication and conditions in the SLICE office. The workers talked through these changes with the administration and believe that the improvements will address all the concerns they laid out in last week's letter. Every single thing we asked CWU to make right, they have now made right.
We are so excited that these workers can continue working and living in Ellensburg this quarter, and that CWU was responsive to our community.
This was only possible because we organized as a collective. Hundreds of people helped show Central administration that we stand together and support each other as a community.
This is what Working Wildcats has been about since DAY ONE when we set out to form a union for student workers. Student employees and the broader community, standing up for each other, and working together to help make Central a better place to work and study.
