UW & SEIU 1199NW RHH Negotiations Recap for August 1, 2025

Background

This recap details the fifth session for the negotiation for the 2025-2027 collective bargaining agreement between the UW and SEIU 1199NW Research/Hall Health. This and all other bargaining sessions for this contract have been held virtually. Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website.

Unless agreed otherwise between the Employer and Union, future bargaining sessions will be facilitated by the PERC mediator to assist the Parties in reaching an agreement.

UW Counter Proposals

MOU – Recruitment and Retention Wage Increases

In response to the Union, the Employer proposed:

Effective within ninety (90) days of ratification on the first available pay period, as determined by the Employer pay tables B2 and BW would receive a one percent (1%) increase.
Effective July 1, 2026, pay tables B2 and BW would receive a two percent (2%) increase.
Effective January 1, 2027, the following job profiles would receive range increases:

Regular Job Code	NI Job Code	Job Profile	Current Table-Range	New Table-Range
21203	23216	PHYSICIAN ASST-ADV RN PRACT	B9-14	B9-19
21202	23217	PHYSICIAN ASST-ADV RN PRACT LEAD	B9-24	B9-29

Employees would be placed on the new range as described in the table below on the effective date.

Current Range Step

New Range Step

All other aspects of the Employer’s previous compensation proposals remained the same.

Tentative Agreements

Article 32 – Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave Program

The parties agreed to keep current contract language, with a small housekeeping edits.

Article 44 – Nonpermanent and Intermittent Employees

The parties agreed to raise the BSN premium for nonpermanent and intermittent employees from $.50 to $1.00.

MOU – Tracking Discrimination and Bias

The parties agreed to keep current contract language, with a small housekeeping edit.

Next Steps

The next UW & 1199NW RHH bargaining session is scheduled for August 19, 2025, and will be held virtually.