{"id":60,"date":"2016-01-18T20:08:29","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T20:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2026-07-09T16:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T23:08:16","slug":"negotiation-updates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/staff-unions\/wfse-primary-contract\/negotiation-updates","title":{"rendered":"WFSE Primary 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: 2025-2027 CBA<i class=\"fa panel-title-icon\"><\/i><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapseOne\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\">[table \u201c195\u201d not found \/]\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\/08\/25\/uw-wfse-negotiations-recap-for-august-12-and-14-2026\">UW &amp; WFSE Negotiations Recap for August 12 and 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"date\">August 25, 2026<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p>Background This recap details the sixth and seventh sessions for the negotiation for the collective bargaining agreement between the University of Washington and WFSE. Recaps are published online on the\u00a0UW Labor Relations website. Employer Presentations The AVP of Finance, Planning and Budgeting of UW gave a presentation sharing the context around the University\u2019s budget and&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/08\/25\/uw-wfse-negotiations-recap-for-august-12-and-14-2026\" class=\"more\" aria-label=\"Read more about UW &amp; WFSE Negotiations Recap for August 12 and 14, 2026\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><br \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/08\/13\/uw-wfse-negotiations-recap-for-august-7-2026\">UW &amp; WFSE Negotiations Recap for August 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"date\">August 13, 2026<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p>Background This recap details the fifth session for the negotiation for the collective bargaining agreement between the University of Washington and WFSE. Recaps are published online on the\u00a0UW Labor Relations website. \u00a0 Tentative Agreements Article 3: Reasonable Accommodation of Employees with Disabilities The Parties tentatively agreed to revise the language to include \u201cpregnancy-related conditions\u201d, replacing&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/08\/13\/uw-wfse-negotiations-recap-for-august-7-2026\" class=\"more\" aria-label=\"Read more about UW &amp; WFSE Negotiations Recap for August 7, 2026\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><br \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/07\/31\/uw-wfse-negotiations-recap-for-july-16-2026\">UW &amp; WFSE Negotiations Recap for July 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"date\">July 31, 2026<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p>Background This recap details the fourth session for the negotiation for the collective bargaining agreement between the University of Washington and WFSE. Recaps are published online on the\u00a0UW Labor Relations website. &nbsp; UW Initial Proposals The Employer proposed minor housekeeping edits such as updating contract dates on the following: Article 23: Shared Leave MOU:Leave of&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/07\/31\/uw-wfse-negotiations-recap-for-july-16-2026\" class=\"more\" aria-label=\"Read more about UW &amp; WFSE Negotiations Recap for July 16, 2026\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><br \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/07\/15\/uw-wfse-negotiations-recap-for-july-9-and-13-2026\">UW &amp; WFSE Negotiations Recap for July 9 and 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"date\">July 15, 2026<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p>Background This recap details the second and third sessions for the negotiation for the collective bargaining agreement between the University of Washington and WFSE. Recaps are published online on the\u00a0UW Labor Relations website. \u00a0 Tentative Agreements The parties tentatively agreed to current contract language on the following articles: Preamble Article 1: Union Recognition Article 8:&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/07\/15\/uw-wfse-negotiations-recap-for-july-9-and-13-2026\" class=\"more\" aria-label=\"Read more about UW &amp; WFSE Negotiations Recap for July 9 and 13, 2026\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><br \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/07\/01\/uw-wfse-negotiations-recap-for-june-25-2026\">UW &amp; WFSE Negotiations Recap for June 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"date\">July 1, 2026<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p>Background This recap details the first session of the negotiation for the collective bargaining agreement between the University of Washington and WFSE. Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. \u00a0 Ground Rules The Parties reached agreement on ground rules for bargaining the 2027-2029 contract. &nbsp; WFSE Initial Proposals Article 2: Non-Discrimination The&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/07\/01\/uw-wfse-negotiations-recap-for-june-25-2026\" class=\"more\" aria-label=\"Read more about UW &amp; WFSE Negotiations Recap for June 25, 2026\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/category\/washington-federation-of-state-employees\"  class=\"btn btn-lg arrow purple\"><span class=\"text-center\">See more WFSE negotiation updates<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WFSE represents various employees across UW, including skilled trades, food services, custodial\u00a0services, library services, and healthcare workers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":56,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","slim_seo":{"title":"WFSE Primary negotiation updates - Labor Relations","description":"WFSE represents various employees across UW, including skilled trades, food services, custodial\u00a0services, library services, and healthcare workers."},"_slim_seo_primary_term_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-60","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60","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=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15434,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions\/15434"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}