UWSA 101

Welcome to our “UWSA 101” series, in which we explain how the UWSA works, your rights as a member, and how to participate in our elections! 

Our formal relationship with the university is what allows us to officially represent staff interests, and it is defined in our Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the university.

Internally, the UWSA has two key governing documents that say what we do and how we do it, our Articles of Incorporation, and our By-law.

There are two big categories of UWSA activities, which we refer to as “governance” and "operations." The operations team is concerned with serving UW staff, and the board is concerned with stewarding the UWSA as a corporation.

In the last post, we talked about the difference between the work of the Board and the work of the presidents and Operations Team. Now we’ll hear directly from current directors and presidents about what it’s like to serve in these roles!