University of Western Ontario Staff Association

UWOSA represents nearly 1,100 administrative and technical staff at the University of Western Ontario. We have members in every Department of the University, and also represent Western employees who work at the teaching hospitals in London. Our members fulfill clerical and administrative roles; work as technicians in teaching and research laboratories, libraries, computing facilities, and a machine shop; staff residences and retail services; and work as drivers and storekeepers. Western depends on UWOSA members and could not operate without them.

UWOSA is an independent union, which means that we are not part of a larger union - that is, we are not a local of another union. We do, however, have positive, cooperative relationships with the unions which represent staff at other Ontario Universities. Some of these unions are, like UWOSA, independent, but most are affiliates of one of a small group of very large unions.