{"id":56,"date":"2016-01-18T19:12:34","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T19:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2026-01-22T15:32:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T23:32:55","slug":"wfse-primary-contract","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/staff-unions\/wfse-primary-contract","title":{"rendered":"WA Federation of State Employees Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A wide variety of University of Washington employees are represented by the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE). WFSE is part of The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). At the University, WFSE\/AFSCME Council 28 represents people working in public service including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Food service workers<\/li>\n<li>Gardeners<\/li>\n<li>Truck drivers<\/li>\n<li>Laundry operators<\/li>\n<li>Certain types of health care workers<\/li>\n<li>Skilled trades such as electricians and mechanics<\/li>\n<li>People working at the library<\/li>\n<li>Many other people working at UW<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Download a <a href=\"http:\/\/wfse.org\/join\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">membership card for WFSE\/AFSCME<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"uw-btn btn-sm btn-none\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/staff-unions\/wfse-primary-contract\/contract\">WFSE Primary contract<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"uw-btn btn-sm btn-none\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/staff-unions\/wfse-primary-contract\/negotiation-updates\">WFSE Primary negotiation updates<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Additional Memoranda of Understanding and other agreements bargained mid-contract can be accessed on the <a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/staff-unions\/wfse-primary-contract\/wfse-mid-cycle-mous\">Mid-cycle MOUs<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<h4>RCW 43.88.583 Summary<\/h4>\n<p><a class=\"file-icon file-pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/10\/WFSE-UW-25-27-RCW-43.88.583-Summary.pdf\">2025-2027 UW &#8211; WFSE (ratified agreement with RCW 43.88.583 Summary)*<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*This summary was drafted upon ratification, so please consult the current contract for the most up to date version.<\/p>\n<h4>Archived contracts<\/h4>\n<p><a class=\"file-icon file-pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/07\/WFSE-Primary-2023-2025.pdf\">2023-2025 WFSE Contract<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"file-icon file-pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/WFSE-21-23-CBA.pdf\">2021-2023 WFSE Contract<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"file-icon file-pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/files\/labor\/WFSE-UW-2019-2021-CBA-MOU-PFML-DEC2019Final.pdf\">2019-2021 WFSE Contract<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"file-icon file-pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/files\/labor\/WFSE-UW-2017-2019-CBA.pdf\">2017-2019 WFSE Contract<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"file-icon file-pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/files\/labor\/WFSE_UW_2015_2017_CBA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2015-2017 WFSE Contract<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"file-icon file-pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/07\/WFSE_UW_2013_2015_CBA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2013-2015 WFSE Contract<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"file-icon file-pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/files\/labor\/WFSE_UW_2011_2013_CBA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2011-2013 WFSE Contract<\/a><\/p>\n<p><small>*This summary was drafted upon ratification, so please consult the current contract for the most up to date contract version.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Representing various employees across UW, including skilled trades, food services, custodial services, library services, and healthcare workers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":881,"menu_order":80,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-56","page","type-page","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","search_bucket-page"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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