The content on this page is maintained as a resource for managers between the time the University receives notification of petition to form a new bargaining unit through the representation process to determine the job profiles and\/or positions that should be in the unit, which may be followed by a vote on union representation by employees in the unit. This process can take a few months.<\/p>\n
When a union representation vote is successful, the next step is to start the collective bargaining process. At that time, information on the newly formed bargaining unit can be found on this website under Academic & Student Union or Staff Union links.<\/p>\n
Friday, May 15, the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) filed a petition with the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) to organize UW Medicine\u2019s Advanced Practice Providers employed by the University of Washington providing treatment services in collaboration with the Fred Hutch Cancer Center.<\/p>\n
On October 7, 2026 the United Auto Workers (UAW) filed a petition with the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) to organize field and software engineers. The representation petition may be found at the bottom of this page.<\/p>\n
Friday, June 28, the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) notified the University of a petition to form a new SEIU 925 bargaining unit:<\/p>\n
July 11, 2025, UPDATE<\/strong>: PERC issued an interim certification with the following bargaining unit description:<\/p>\n September 30, 2025, UPDATE: <\/strong>Labor Relations has reached an agreement with SEIU 925 regarding status quo guidance for the advisers<\/strong>. Please review the Status Quo Guidelines<\/a> to understand actions that departments may be able to move forward including, but not limited to, FTE adjustments, layoffs, position reviews, temporary increases and other salary adjustments.<\/p>\n For actions that require union notice such as layoff and compensation changes, please work with the appropriate central HR office so that Labor Relations is able to provide union notice in advance\u00a0<\/strong>of implementation. If you have questions or have a situation not addressed in this guidance, please contact Labor Relations, laborrel@uw.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n Find resources for managers and learn about “dynamic status quo” when unions petition to form new units. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":886,"menu_order":50,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","slim_seo":{"title":"Union organizing petitions - Labor Relations","description":"Find resources for managers and learn about \"dynamic status quo\" when unions petition to form new units."},"_slim_seo_primary_term_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-8244","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8244","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=8244"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15880,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8244\/revisions\/15880"}],"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=8244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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