Labor Relations

RFPU negotiation updates

Contract negotiations begin January 12, 2022 to bargain a successor agreement for 2022-2025.

Banks Evans
Assistant Vice President, UW Labor Relations (Lead Negotiator)
Cindy Hamra, JD, MA
Assistant Dean, Operations & Administration, School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Education
Hayley Fisher
Director, Housestaff Affairs, School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Education
Barbara Van Ess
Senior Director of Personnel Policy, Dean’s Office, School of Medicine
Renni Bispham
Director of Human Resources, School of Dentistry
Josh Kemper
Labor Relations Specialist, UW Labor Relations
Thomas Dodson, DMD, MPH
Professor & Chair of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry
Jessica Russell
Director of Personnel Projects, Dean’s Office, School of Medicine
Katie Spengler
HR Classification & Compensation Consultant
Shauna Ostler
Human Resources Consulting Manager at Seattle Children’s Hospital
Shelley Kostrinsky
Assistant Vice Provost, UW Office of Academic Personnel
Kimberlee Ely
Director of Academic Human Resources
Nicholas Vedder
Professor and Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery
Mark Snowden
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Paul Sutton
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Stephen Kennedy
Associate Professor, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Babatunde Akinpelu
Clinical Assistant Professor
Abena Knight, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Seattle Children’s Hospital
Heidi Combs
Professor, Psychiatry
Ileana Howard
Associate Professor, Rehabilitation Medicine
Al Merati
Professor and Chief, Laryngology and Otolaryngology
Kelly Smith
Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

March 11, 2022 RFPU – UW Negotiations Recap for Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Background This recap details the fifth virtual session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and the Resident and Fellow Physicians Union (RFPU). […]


March 8, 2022 RFPU – UW Negotiations Recap for Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Background This recap details the fourth virtual session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and the Resident and Fellow Physicians Union (RFPU). […]


February 18, 2022 Negotiations Update to the GME Community

To the GME Community: The University of Washington recently began bargaining with the Resident & Fellow Physician Union–Northwest (RFPU-NW) on our 2022-25 contract. We look forward to providing regular updates […]


February 18, 2022 RFPU – UW Negotiations Recap for Wednesday, February 16, 2022

RFPU – UW Negotiations Recap for Wednesday, February 16, 2022 Background This recap details the third virtual session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University […]


January 26, 2022 RFPU – UW Negotiations Recap for Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Background The Employer explained that current agreement was reached just 18 months ago wherein both parties agreed to significant rewrites to almost every article. As such, the Employer intentionally did […]


January 18, 2022 RFPU – UW Negotiations Recap for Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Background This recap details the first virtual session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and the Resident and Fellow Physicians Union (RFPU). […]