To the GME Community: Last night, following months of negotiations on a 2025-2028 contract, the UW presented its last, best and final offer to the Committee of Interns and Residents Northwest (CIR NW). Our proposed three-year agreement, which is valued at nearly $47 million in new benefits, includes increases to wages, fringe benefits, allowances, the childcare fund, professional development funds and more. The proposal reflects our deep appreciation for our residents and fellows’ important contributions in caring for our patients….
Background This recap details the thirteenth virtual session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and the Resident and Fellow Physician Union-Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU (RFPU-CIR). The parties were joined by a mediator from the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC). Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. Employer Last Best and Final Offer The Employer proposed a package in which all aspects of the proposal would need to be…
RFPU-CIR: UW Negotiations Recap for July 21, 2025 Background This recap details the twelfth virtual session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and the Resident and Fellow Physician Union-Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU (RFPU-CIR). Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. UW Counter Proposals Employer Package Proposal The Employer proposed a package in which all aspects of the proposal would need to be accepted as written in its entirety….
Background This recap details the eleventh virtual session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and the Resident and Fellow Physician Union-Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU (RFPU-CIR). Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. UW Counter Proposals Employer Package Proposal The Employer proposed a package in which all aspects of the proposal would need to be accepted as written in its entirety. In this package, the Employer proposed: Article 3…
Background This recap details the tenth virtual session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and the Resident and Fellow Physician Union-Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU (RFPU-CIR). Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. UW Counter Proposals Employer Package Proposal The Employer proposed a package in which all aspects of the proposal would need to be accepted as written in its entirety. In this package, the Employer proposed: Article 3…
Background This recap details the ninth virtual session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and the Resident and Fellow Physician Union-Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU (RFPU-CIR). Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. Tentative Agreements Article 1: Definitions The parties tentatively agreed that that programs may choose to use the term Lead or Executive Resident rather than Chief Resident. Employees who are designated as Lead or Executive Residents will…
RFPU-CIR: UW Negotiations Recap for May 27, 2025 Background This recap details the eighth virtual session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and the Resident and Fellow Physician Union-Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU (RFPU-CIR). Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. Tentative Agreements NEW Side Letter: Prayer/Meditation Rooms The Parties tentatively agreed to a new side letter which states that the Employer will maintain a website of available prayer/meditation…
Background This recap details the seventh virtual session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and the Resident and Fellow Physician Union-Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU (RFPU-CIR). This recap includes proposals that were passed by email before and after the seventh virtual session. Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. Employer Costing The Employer presented its calculations of the new costs associated with its counter proposals. The Employer’s counters equates…
Background This recap details the sixth virtual session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and the Resident and Fellow Physician Union-Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU (RFPU-CIR). Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. Tentative Agreements The parties tentatively agreed to maintain current contract language in the following articles: Article 2: Committee Memberships and Hospital Committee Article 8: Health and Safety Article 14: Leave – Professional Article 18: Working Outside…
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 Physician Union-Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU (RFPU-CIR). Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. UW Counter Proposals Article 24: Transportation The Employer incorporated the Union’s proposal for language clean-up in this article. The Employer also accepted the Union’s proposal that residents will not be charged for weekend parking at UWMC,…
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 Physician Union-Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU (RFPU-CIR). Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. Employer Costing The parties discussed the Employer’s costing. This estimates that Union’s initial proposals would lead to an increased minimum cost of $182 million over the course of the CBA. UW Initial Proposals The Employer proposed…
Background This recap details the third virtual session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and the Resident and Fellow Physician Union-Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU (RFPU-CIR). Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. RFPU-CIR Initial Proposals – March 11, 2025 Article 21: Professional Development and Licensing During the March 11 bargaining session, the Union proposed the following changes to Article 21. The Union proposed that programs would reimburse…
Background This recap details the second virtual session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and the Resident and Fellow Physician Union-Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU (RFPU-CIR). Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. RFPU-CIR Initial Proposals Article 1: Definitions The Union proposed to change the terminology from “Chief Resident” to “Lead Resident.” This is a nomenclature change only, the Union is not proposing a change to the definition. Article…
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 Physician Union-Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU (RFPU-CIR). Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. RFPU-CIR Initial Proposals Article 5: Dues Deduction and RFPU Membership The Union proposed that it would be allotted sixty (60) minutes to present to new residents at the end of annual departmental orientations. This would be…
UW has reached agreement with RFPU on a collective bargaining agreement effective from July 4, 2022 through June 30, 2025. Members of RFPU have voted in favor of ratifying their contract. For details on the agreement reached, please see the following summary table: Summary Table: RFPU-UW 2022-2025 Agreement The main RFPU contract page will be updated with the finalized agreement once available.
Background This recap details the thirteenth virtual session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and the Resident and Fellow Physicians Union (RFPU). Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. Tentative Agreements The parties tentatively agreed to the following: Article 1 – Definitions The parties agreed to housekeeping edits. Article 13 – Leave Miscellaneous The parties agreed to housekeeping edits and the new section below. The parties agreed that for…
Background This recap details the twelfth virtual session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and the Resident and Fellow Physicians Union (RFPU). Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. RFPU Counter Proposals The Union presented a package proposal that contained the following: Article 1 – Definitions Included in this package proposal was the Employer’s Article 1 proposal from February 16th. Article 3 – Childcare Childcare Fund The Union proposed…
Background This recap details the eleventh virtual session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and the Resident and Fellow Physicians Union (RFPU). Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. Tentative Agreements The parties tentatively agreed to the following: Article 9 – Housestaff Advisory Committee The parties agreed to current contract language. Article 10 – Leave Bereavement The parties agreed to adjusting the title of this article to Time Off…
Background This recap details the tenth virtual session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and the Resident and Fellow Physicians Union (RFPU). Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. Tentative Agreements The parties tentatively agreed to the following: Article 4 – Disciplinary Action and Just Cause The parties agreed that when an investigative interview is being conducted that would be made clear and the employee would be informed of…
Background This recap details the ninth virtual session for the renewal of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington (UW) and the Resident and Fellow Physicians Union (RFPU). Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. Tentative Agreements The parties tentatively agreed to the following: Article 7 – Grievance Procedure The grievance procedure maintained mostly current contract language with a few minor edits. RFPU Counter Proposals Article 8 – Health and Safety The Union maintained…
Background This recap details the eighth virtual session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and the Resident and Fellow Physicians Union (RFPU). Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. RFPU Counter Proposals Article 1 – Definitions In response to the Employer’s proposal, the Union maintains their definition of a day as a 24 hour period beginning at midnight and maintained their definition of redeployment as an unexpected change of…
Background This recap details the seventh virtual session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and the Resident and Fellow Physicians Union (RFPU). Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. Tentative Agreements The parties tentatively agreed to the following: Article 5 – Dues Deduction and RFPU Membership o Article details employee membership within RFPU and when UW would notify the Union of new unit members. This article also explains the…
To the GME Community: I am writing to update you on the University of Washington’s ongoing negotiations with the Resident & Fellow Physician Union—Northwest (RFPU-NW). Both parties have met regularly since January and last night completed the seventh bargaining session for the 2022-25 contract. During that meeting, UW presented a second proposal on compensation as scheduled, which included an additional salary increase in the first year of the contract as well as an increase to the annual allowances. However, we…
Background This recap details the sixth virtual session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and the Resident and Fellow Physicians Union (RFPU). Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. RFPU Counter Proposals Article 20: Non-Discrimination Complaints In response to the Employer’s proposal, the Union agreed to include links where employees would be encouraged to report bias. These links would be to the GME’s report a concern, UW Medicine’s bias…
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). Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. During this session, Jessica Cole, presented to attendees on University of Washington’s contractual partnership with childcare providers and how faculty, students, and residents would be able to utilize resources. Jessica also spoke about how critical hire childcare placements are identified…
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). Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. Tentative Agreements The parties tentatively agreed to the following: Article 11 – Washington Family Medical Leave Program (PFML) This article outlines the use of PFML by Residents and the Employer. Most changes were housekeeping in nature except for one line…
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 on that process and want you to know that we are committed to negotiating in good faith to reach a fair and equitable outcome. Our residents and fellows play an important role in caring for our patients at UW Medicine and they continue to be vital in our response to…
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 of Washington and the Resident and Fellow Physicians Union (RFPU). Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. During this session attendees learned more about the UW Medicine financials and how residents or fellows are funded. This presentation was made by University of Washington’s Enterprise Finance Officer, Maureen…
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 not present a large number of proposal changes. To honor the current agreement and the short time it has been in effect, the Employer desires to reach an agreement as soon as possible. This recap details the second virtual session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between…
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). Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. RFPU Initial Proposals Definitions – The Union proposed to add some definitions. With this new language, a day would be defined as a 24-hour period beginning at midnight (i.e. 12:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.) and redeployment would be defined as…