{"id":10,"date":"2016-01-18T17:27:13","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T17:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-07-08T11:46:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T18:46:42","slug":"negotiation-updates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/academic-and-student-unions\/aft\/negotiation-updates","title":{"rendered":"AFT negotiation updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"accordion\" class=\"uwhr-accordion\">\n<div class=\"panel panel-default\">\n<div id=\"headingOne\" class=\"panel-heading\">\n<h3 class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"collapsed panel-link\" href=\"#collapseOne\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\"> UW negotiations team<i class=\"fa panel-title-icon\"><\/i><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapseOne\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\">\n<table id=\"tablepress-156\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-156\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n<th class=\"column-1\">Name<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2\">Title<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Laura Hartless<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Negotiator, Labor Relations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Josh Kemper<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Human Resources Manager, Labor Relations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Oneisha Cabrera<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Specialist, Labor Relations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">James C. Evans<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Academic Director, CC: International and English Language Programs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Alisha LaPlante<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Human Resources Dept Manager\/Admin, CC: Administration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Kim Lima<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Human Resources Consultant, UWHR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- #tablepress-156 from cache --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"shortcode-blogroll\">\n<li><span><br \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/06\/18\/agreement-reached-with-aft-on-2026-2029-contract\">Agreement reached with AFT on 2026-2029 Contract<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"date\">June 18, 2026<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p>We are pleased to announce that UW has reached agreement with AFT on a collective bargaining agreement effective for three years. Members of AFT are currently voting on ratification. For more details on the agreement reached, please see the compiled TAs: Combined Tentative Agreements: AFT 2026-2029 For a summary of the agreements reached please see&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/06\/18\/agreement-reached-with-aft-on-2026-2029-contract\" class=\"more\" aria-label=\"Read more about Agreement reached with AFT on 2026-2029 Contract\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><br \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/05\/18\/aft-negotiations-recap-for-may-18-2026\">AFT Negotiations Recap for May 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"date\">May 18, 2026<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p>Background This recap details the tenth in person bargaining session for the negotiation for the collective bargaining agreement between AFT and UW. Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. &nbsp; Union Counter Proposals The Union presented a package proposal\u00a0in which all provisions would need to be accepted in their entirety. Package highlights&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/05\/18\/aft-negotiations-recap-for-may-18-2026\" class=\"more\" aria-label=\"Read more about AFT Negotiations Recap for May 18, 2026\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><br \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/05\/14\/aft-negotiations-recap-for-may-14-2026\">AFT Negotiations Recap for May 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"date\">May 14, 2026<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p>Background This recap details the ninth in person bargaining session for the negotiation for the collective bargaining agreement between AFT and UW. Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. &nbsp; Union Counter Proposals The Union presented a package proposal\u00a0in which all provisions would need to be accepted in their entirety. Package highlights&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/05\/14\/aft-negotiations-recap-for-may-14-2026\" class=\"more\" aria-label=\"Read more about AFT Negotiations Recap for May 14, 2026\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><br \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/05\/05\/aft-negotiations-recap-for-may-5-2026\">AFT Negotiations Recap for May 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"date\">May 5, 2026<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p>Background This recap details the eighth in person bargaining session for the negotiation for the collective bargaining agreement between AFT and UW. Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. \u00a0 Employer Counter Proposals The Employer presented a package proposal\u00a0in which all provisions would need to be accepted in their entirety. Package highlights&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/05\/05\/aft-negotiations-recap-for-may-5-2026\" class=\"more\" aria-label=\"Read more about AFT Negotiations Recap for May 5, 2026\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><br \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/03\/30\/aft-negotiations-recap-for-march-30-2026\">AFT Negotiations Recap for March 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"date\">March 30, 2026<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p>Background This recap details the seventh in person bargaining session for the negotiation for the collective bargaining agreement between AFT and UW. Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. &nbsp; Union Counter Proposals Article 18: Professional Development 18.2. UWC2 Professional Development In response to the Employer\u2019s initial proposal, the Union agreed to&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/03\/30\/aft-negotiations-recap-for-march-30-2026\" class=\"more\" aria-label=\"Read more about AFT Negotiations Recap for March 30, 2026\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/category\/american-federation-of-teachers\"  class=\"btn btn-lg arrow purple\"><span class=\"text-center\">See more AFT negotiation updates<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UW negotiations team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":6,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15404,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/15404"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}