{"id":765,"date":"2016-02-03T18:31:58","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T18:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/?page_id=765"},"modified":"2026-06-22T15:06:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:06:01","slug":"negotiation-updates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/academic-and-student-unions\/cir-nw\/negotiation-updates","title":{"rendered":"CIR-NW negotiation updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CIR-NW Contract negotiations begin February 25, 2022 to bargain a successor agreement for 2025-2028. This Union was previously known as Residents and Fellows in medicine and dentistry at UW negotiate through the Resident and Fellow Physician Union (RFPU) \u2013 Northwest.<\/p>\n<div id=\"accordion\" class=\"uwhr-accordion\">\n<div class=\"panel panel-default\">\n<div id=\"headingOne\" class=\"panel-heading\">\n<h5 class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"collapsed panel-link\" href=\"#collapseOne\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\"> UW negotiations team<i class=\"fa panel-title-icon\"><\/i><\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapseOne\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\">\n<table id=\"tablepress-74\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-74\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n<th class=\"column-1\">Name<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2\">Title<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Banks Evans<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Assistant Vice President, Labor Relations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Catherine Scheid<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Labor Relations Specialist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Cindy Hamra<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Associate Dean, Administration and Finance, School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Hayley Fisher<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Director, Housestaff Affairs, School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\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-7\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Lisa Hanna<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Executive Director, Employee Relations, Campus HR Operations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Gail Gray<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Director of HR Policy, School of Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Renni Bispham<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Assistant Dean for Human Resources, School of Dentistry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Kaycee Barber<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Sr. People Operations Consultant, Seattle Childrens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- #tablepress-74 from cache --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel panel-default\">\n<div id=\"headingTwo\" class=\"panel-heading\">\n<h5 class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"collapsed panel-link\" href=\"#collapseTwo\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\"> Faculty liaisons<i class=\"fa panel-title-icon\"><\/i><\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapseTwo\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\">\n<table id=\"tablepress-75\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-75\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n<th class=\"column-1\">Name<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2\">Title<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Aaron W Butler<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Clinical Assistant Professor, Rehabilitation Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Mark R Kilgore<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Associate Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Jeffrey B Friedrich<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Professor, Surgery Plastic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Saurabh Khandelwal<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Associate Professor, General Surgery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Edward Kim<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Associate Professor, Neurology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Lynda Ken<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Alex Diaz<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Acting Instructor, Radiology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Lisa E Maier<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Clinical Professor, Dermatology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Paul Sutton<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Clinical Professor, General Internal Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Sandra Hadjinian<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Clinical Associate Professor, Urology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Jared Strote<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Professor, Emergency Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Ralph P Ermoian<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Professor, Radiation Oncology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">David Evans<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Professor, Family Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- #tablepress-75 from cache --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"shortcode-blogroll\">\n<li><span><br \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2025\/12\/19\/uw-cir-nw-successor-cba-ratified\">UW &amp; CIR NW Successor CBA Ratified<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"date\">December 19, 2025<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019re pleased to announce that UW has reached agreement with CIR NW on a collective bargaining agreement effective from January 1, 2026\u00a0 through December 31, 2028. Members of CIR NW have voted in favor of ratifying their contract. For details on the agreement reached, please see the following summary table: Summary Table: CIR NW Bargaining&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2025\/12\/19\/uw-cir-nw-successor-cba-ratified\" class=\"more\" aria-label=\"Read more about UW &amp; CIR NW Successor CBA Ratified\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><br \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2025\/12\/06\/tentative-agreement-reached-with-cir-nw\">Tentative Agreement Reached with CIR-NW<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"date\">December 6, 2025<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p>UW has reached agreement with CIR-NW on a collective bargaining agreement effective from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028.\u00a0 Copies of the tentative agreements have been posted\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2025\/12\/06\/tentative-agreement-reached-with-cir-nw\" class=\"more\" aria-label=\"Read more about Tentative Agreement Reached with CIR-NW\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><br \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2025\/11\/06\/cir-nw-uw-negotiations-recap-for-november-3-2025\">CIR-NW: UW Negotiations Recap for November 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"date\">November 6, 2025<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p>Background This recap details the sixteenth virtual session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and the Committee of Residents and Interns Northwest (formerly RFPU). The parties were joined by a mediator from the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC). Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2025\/11\/06\/cir-nw-uw-negotiations-recap-for-november-3-2025\" class=\"more\" aria-label=\"Read more about CIR-NW: UW Negotiations Recap for November 3, 2025\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><br \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2025\/10\/22\/cir-nw-uw-negotiations-recap-for-october-20-2025\">CIR-NW: UW Negotiations Recap for October 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"date\">October 22, 2025<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p>Background This recap details the fifteenth virtual session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and the Committee of Residents and Interns Northwest (formerly RFPU). The parties were joined by a mediator from the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC). Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2025\/10\/22\/cir-nw-uw-negotiations-recap-for-october-20-2025\" class=\"more\" aria-label=\"Read more about CIR-NW: UW Negotiations Recap for October 20, 2025\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><br \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2025\/09\/25\/cir-nw-uw-negotiations-recap-for-september-24-2025\">CIR-NW: UW Negotiations Recap for September 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"date\">September 25, 2025<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p>Background This recap details the fourteenth virtual session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and the Committee of Residents and Interns Northwest (formerly RFPU). The parties were joined by a mediator from the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC). Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2025\/09\/25\/cir-nw-uw-negotiations-recap-for-september-24-2025\" class=\"more\" aria-label=\"Read more about CIR-NW: UW Negotiations Recap for September 24, 2025\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contract negotiations are now underway to bargain a successor agreement for 2025-2028.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":763,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","slim_seo":{"title":"CIR-NW negotiation updates - Labor Relations","description":"Contract negotiations are now underway to bargain a successor agreement for 2025-2028."},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-765","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/765","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=765"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11363,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/765\/revisions\/11363"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}