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.<\/p>\n
WFSE describes the event as a coordinated action in which participating employees use regularly scheduled break, lunch or vacation time. A UW Seattle event is scheduled for 11 a.m. on Red Square. Other locations may be added or updated by WFSE.<\/p>\n
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
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
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
Managers should not treat employees differently because they choose to participate or not participate in union activity.<\/p>\n
For additional guidance, see Taking time off for an event or activity during the work day<\/a>. Contact Labor Relations<\/a> or your HR consultant<\/a> with questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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"},"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":5,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15604,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15598\/revisions\/15604"}],"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}]}}