{"id":6095,"date":"2022-08-18T11:38:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T18:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/?page_id=6095"},"modified":"2026-09-14T15:28:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T22:28:40","slug":"negotiation-updates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/staff-unions\/uaw-research-scientist-engineers\/negotiation-updates","title":{"rendered":"UAW RSE Negotiation Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"accordion  open-sans\" id=\"accessible-accordion\">\n<div class=\"screen-reader-text\">Accessible Accordion<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">UW Bargaining Team<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<table id=\"tablepress-374\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-374\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n<th class=\"column-1\">Name<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2\">Dept\/Role<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Jennifer Mallahan<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Assistant Director, Labor Relations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Evan Elliott<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Specialist, Labor Relations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Aileen V. Trilles<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Senior HR Director, College of Engineering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Alex Grothe<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Associate Director of Human Resources, College of Engineering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Erin Alexander<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">HR Director, School of Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Shawna Skjonsberg-Fotopoulos<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Director of Personnel Projects, School of Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Katie Spengler<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Assistant Director, Campus Compensation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Lowell Jones<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Recruitment and Employee Development Manager, Applied Physics Lab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Margo Cousins<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Director of Research &amp; Graduate Education, School of Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Maria E. Card<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">HR Director, Applied Physics Lab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Michelle Birdsall<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">HR Manager, School of Social Work<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Peter J Denis<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Associate Dean for Personnel, College of Arts &amp; Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Rheem A. Totah<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, School of Pharmacy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">JoAnn Wuitschick<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Human Resources Consultant, Campus HR Operations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Jackie Nachtman<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Senior HR Business Partner, College of the Environment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- #tablepress-374 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\/10\/06\/uaw-research-uw-negotiations-recap-for-september-25-2026\">UAW Research \u2013 UW Negotiations Recap for September 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"date\">October 6, 2026<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p>This recap details the sixth mediation session, twenty-second overall session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and UAW Research. Tentative Agreements The parties tentatively agreed to the following: Article 35: Time Off and Leave The parties agreed to increase the amount of bereavement time off available to&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/10\/06\/uaw-research-uw-negotiations-recap-for-september-25-2026\" class=\"more\" aria-label=\"Read more about UAW Research \u2013 UW Negotiations Recap for September 25, 2026\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><br \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/09\/17\/uaw-research-uw-negotiations-recap-for-september-10-2026\">UAW Research \u2013 UW Negotiations Recap for September 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"date\">September 17, 2026<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p>This recap details the fifth mediation session, twenty-first overall session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and UAW Research. Union Counter Proposals Article 35: Time Off and Leave The Union accepted the Employer\u2019s proposed language updates stating that employer-provided healthcare benefits would be maintained during any period&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/09\/17\/uaw-research-uw-negotiations-recap-for-september-10-2026\" class=\"more\" aria-label=\"Read more about UAW Research \u2013 UW Negotiations Recap for September 10, 2026\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><br \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/09\/04\/uaw-research-uw-negotiations-recap-for-september-3-2026\">UAW Research \u2013 UW Negotiations Recap for September 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"date\">September 4, 2026<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p>This recap details the fourth mediation session, twentieth overall session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and UAW Research. Union Counter Proposals The Union presented a package proposal in which all provisions would need to be accepted in their entirety. The full contents of the package are&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/09\/04\/uaw-research-uw-negotiations-recap-for-september-3-2026\" class=\"more\" aria-label=\"Read more about UAW Research \u2013 UW Negotiations Recap for September 3, 2026\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><br \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/09\/02\/uaw-research-uw-negotiations-recap-for-august-28-2026\">UAW Research \u2013 UW Negotiations Recap for August 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"date\">September 2, 2026<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p>This recap details the third mediation session, nineteenth overall session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and UAW Research. Tentative Agreements The parties tentatively agreed to the following: Article 4: Classification and Reclassification The parties agreed to new language that will require position review requests that are&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/09\/02\/uaw-research-uw-negotiations-recap-for-august-28-2026\" class=\"more\" aria-label=\"Read more about UAW Research \u2013 UW Negotiations Recap for August 28, 2026\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><br \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/08\/27\/uaw-research-uw-negotiations-recap-for-august-25-2026\">UAW Research \u2013 UW Negotiations Recap for August 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"date\">August 27, 2026<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p>This recap details the second mediation session, eighteenth overall session, for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and UAW Research. Tentative Agreements The parties tentatively agreed to the following: Article 11: Health and Safety The parties agreed to language that details how employees can anonymously report unsafe work&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/08\/27\/uaw-research-uw-negotiations-recap-for-august-25-2026\" class=\"more\" aria-label=\"Read more about UAW Research \u2013 UW Negotiations Recap for August 25, 2026\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/category\/uaw-rses\"  class=\"btn btn-lg arrow purple\"><span class=\"text-center\">See more UAW RSEs negotiation updates<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"parent":6089,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"yes","slim_seo":{"title":"UAW RSE Negotiation Updates - Labor Relations","description":"Accessible Accordion UW Bargaining Team Name Dept\/Role Jennifer Mallahan Assistant Director, Labor Relations Evan Elliott Specialist, Labor Relations Aileen V."},"_slim_seo_primary_term_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-6095","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6095","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\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6095"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15729,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6095\/revisions\/15729"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}