Last updated: June 25, 2026
Parties have been in mediation since our last scheduled bargaining session on July 31, 2025. Since then, the parties have had six mediation sessions on August 12th &13th, September 18th & 22nd, October 13th & 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 5 – Employment Practices
- Article 6 – Seniority, Layoff, Restructure
- Article 14 – Unpaid Absence
- Article 30 – Classifications and Reclassifications
- Article 32 – Salary Overpayment Recovery
- Appendix E – 12-Hour Work Schedule
- MOU – Ground Rules for the 2025-2027 Agreement
- New MOU – Facilitated Mediation (Cross Entity Float Pool)
- New MOU – Language Pay
- Side Letter F – Work Experience Review
- New MOU – Lab Assistant Series
- New MOU – MLS Series
- New Side Letter – Breaks and Staffing Plan Compliance
- New MOU – Sports Medicine or OB/GYN Layoffs
- New MOU – CNA Floating Discussions
- New Union MOU – Security Staffing
- New Union MOU – Safety Boot Reimbursement
The outstanding articles include:
- Article 7 – Hours of Work and Overtime
- Article 8 – Compensation
- Article 9 – Other Compensation
- MOU – Pre-Scheduled Voluntary Double-Time Shift Incentive for Critical Staffing Needs
- New MOU – Higher Min Step on BU table
- 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 July 31, 2025. Fora summary of the parties’ previous proposals, please refer to the prior SEIU 1199NW bargaining updates.