SEIU 1199NW – UW Negotiations Recap for October 21, 2025
Parties have been in mediation since our last scheduled bargaining session on July 31, 2025. Since then, the parties have had five mediation sessions on August 12th and 13th, September 22nd, October 13th and 21st.
In addition to the TA’s that were reached prior to mediation, the following articles have been TA’d during the last several mediation sessions:
- Article 11 – Educational and Professional Development
- Article 17 – Vacation Schedule
- Article 36 – Corrective Action/Dismissal Process
- Article 49 – Salary Overpayment Recovery
- Appendix VIII – PA-ARNP New Hire Wages
- MOU – Negotiations for the 2025-2027 Agreement
- MOU – Pre-Scheduled Voluntary Doubletime Shift Incentive for Critical Staffing Needs
- Side Letter D – END Tech Call Back
- Side Letter I – PA-ARNP Training Workgroup
- New Article – Inclement Weather and Suspended Operations
- New MOU – Facilitated Mediation (Cross Entity Float Pool)
- New MOU – Language Pay
- New MOU – Non-Monetary Steps
- New Side Letter – Breaks and Staffing Compliance
- New Union MOU – SANE/FNE Nruses
- New MOU – Nursing Advancement Exploration Group
The outstanding articles include:
- Article 9 – Hours of Work and Overtime
- Article 45 – Wages and Other Pay Provisions
- Side Letter K – Standby Hours
- New MOU – ATR Transition and Rounding Practice
- New MOU – Interventional Cardiovascular Tech Lead / New Union MOU – Radiology Lead R&R
- New MOU – RN R&R
- New MOU – New Top Step Table BR
- New Union MOU – Standby pilot
Next Steps
At this time, there are no additional bargaining-mediation sessions scheduled.
UW and SEIU 1199NW have been engaged in negotiations for a successor contract since March. The current contract expired on July 31, 2025. For a summary of the parties’ previous proposals, please refer to the prior SEIU 1199NW bargaining updates.