{"id":15598,"date":"2026-08-14T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T16:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/?page_id=15598"},"modified":"2026-08-28T12:07:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T19:07:27","slug":"prepare-for-labor-action","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/about-labor-relations\/prepare-for-labor-action","title":{"rendered":"Prepare for labor action"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>WFSE statewide labor action planned for August 31<\/h2>\n<p>The Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE) is promoting a statewide \u201cWalkout with Washington for Public Services\u201d on Monday, August 31, 2026 as part of its campaign related to 2027\u201329 contract negotiations. SEIU 925 has called on its members to participate, and we anticipate that other unions may do the same.<\/p>\n<p>WFSE describes the event as a coordinated action in which participating employees use regularly scheduled break, lunch or vacation time. The event will take place at several UW locations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-section-id=\"1n0csht\" data-start=\"200\" data-end=\"275\"><strong data-start=\"202\" data-end=\"217\">UW Seattle:<\/strong> 11 a.m., Red Square<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1w6iaq4\" data-start=\"278\" data-end=\"452\"><strong data-start=\"280\" data-end=\"313\">UW Medical Center \u2013 Montlake:<\/strong> 11 a.m., meeting at the \u201cW\u201d across from the Triangle Garage at Pacific Street and Montlake Boulevard<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1c2too3\" data-start=\"455\" data-end=\"577\"><strong data-start=\"457\" data-end=\"487\">Harborview Medical Center:<\/strong> 11 a.m., meeting at 9th Avenue and Jefferson Street<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"8rjezj\" data-start=\"580\" data-end=\"685\"><strong data-start=\"582\" data-end=\"597\">UW Bothell:<\/strong> noon, meeting on the Bothell Promenade by the \u201cW\u201d<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"8gtiom\" data-start=\"688\" data-end=\"831\"><strong data-start=\"690\" data-end=\"704\">UW Tacoma:<\/strong> noon, meeting at the bottom of the staircase by the granite UW sign along Pacific Avenue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Guidance for employees and managers<\/h2>\n<p>Employees may participate in labor actions during non-work time, including scheduled meal and break periods, or while on approved time off, provided participation does not disrupt University operations or block access to University facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Employees who want time off to participate should follow their department\u2019s normal time-off request process. Managers should review requests in the same manner as other personal absence requests and consider operational and departmental needs. A request may be denied if the absence would impair operations.<\/p>\n<p>When approved, employees may use applicable vacation time off, compensatory time, discretionary time off or holiday credit consistent with University policy and applicable collective bargaining agreements.<\/p>\n<p>Managers should not treat employees differently because they choose to participate or not participate in union activity.<\/p>\n<p>For additional guidance, see <a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/time-absence\/staff-time-off\/taking-time-off-for-an-event-or-activity-during-the-work-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taking time off for an event or activity during the work day<\/a>. Contact <a href=\"mailto:laborrel@uw.edu\">Labor Relations<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/contact-us\/hr-consultant-list\/\" rel=\"\">your HR consultant<\/a> with questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Employees may participate in labor actions during non-work time, including scheduled meal and break periods, or while on approved time off, provided participation does not disrupt University operations or block access to University facilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":886,"menu_order":80,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","slim_seo":{"title":"Prepare for labor action - Labor Relations","description":"Employees may participate in labor actions during non-work time, including scheduled meal and break periods, or while on approved time off, provided participati"},"_slim_seo_primary_term_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-15598","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15598","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\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15598"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15651,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15598\/revisions\/15651"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}