{"id":13967,"date":"2024-05-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2024\/05\/04\/uw-uaw-ase-negotiations-recap-for-may-3-2024"},"modified":"2026-06-25T11:20:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:20:56","slug":"uw-uaw-ase-negotiations-recap-for-may-3-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2024\/05\/04\/uw-uaw-ase-negotiations-recap-for-may-3-2024","title":{"rendered":"UW & UAW ASE Negotiations Recap for May 3, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Background<\/strong><\/h4>\n

This recap details the fifteenth session for the negotiation for the collective bargaining agreement between the UW and UAW ASEs. Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Employer filed for contract mediation with Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC).<\/p>\n

UW package proposal:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The Employer reasserted their comprehensive package proposal from 4\/30 that covers all of the outstanding articles and MOUs.<\/p>\n

Status Update<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The Employer and the Union have reached agreement on 33 out of 37 articles. A summary of all outstanding articles and MOUs can be found below.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
WAGES<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
University <\/td>\nUnion <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Effective July 1, 2024:<\/p>\n

Base rate increased by 6%
\no $2,664 increased to $2,824<\/td>\n

Effective July 1, 2024:<\/p>\n

Base rate increased by 15%
\no $2,664 increased to $3,064<\/p>\n

Effective October 1, 2024:<\/p>\n

Base rate increased by 14%
\no $3,064 increased to $3,493<\/p>\n

Effective January 1, 2025:<\/p>\n

Base rate increased by 13%
\no $3,493 increased to $3,947<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Effective July 1, 2025:<\/p>\n

Base rate increased by 6%
\no $2,824 increased to $2,993 <\/td>\n

Effective July 1, 2025:<\/p>\n

Base rate increased by 6%
\no $3,947 increased to $4,183<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Effective July 1, 2025:<\/p>\n

Base rate increased by 6%
\no $2,993 increased to $3,173<\/td>\n

Effective July 1, 2026:<\/p>\n

Base rate increased by 6%
\no $4,183 increased to $4,434<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
NON-CITIZEN ASE SUPPORT<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
University <\/td>\nUnion <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Language regarding the use of
\nexisting time off to attend
\nappointments, hearings, etc. related
\nto immigration of citizenship status of
\nthe ASE or their spouse, registered
\ndomestic partner, child, or parent.<\/p>\n

\nGrievance process does not apply to
\nmeetings an ASE may have with the
\nUniversity to discuss employment or
\nre-employment in the event the ASE
\ndoes not have the ability (or lost the
\nability) to legally work in the U.S. <\/td>\n

Up to 20 hours of additional (new)
\npaid time to attend appointments,
\nhearings, etc. related to immigration
\nof citizenship status of the ASE or
\ntheir spouse, registered domestic
\npartner, child, or parent. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
GAIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
University <\/td>\nUnion <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No changes to the plan for 2024-
\n2025.<\/p>\n

Starting October 1, 2025, ASE would
\npay 10% of the premiums, with the
\nUniversity paying 90%. No changes to
\ndependent premiums, which the UW covers at 65%.
\nSlight improvementsto the vision coverage of the
\nplan<\/p>\n

Starting October 1, 2026, ASEs would
\npay 15% of the premiums, with the
\nUniversity paying 85%. No changes to
\ndependent premiums, which the UW
\ncovers at 65%<\/td>\n

Slight improvements to the vision
\ncoverage of the plan starting October
\n1, 2024. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
FEE AND TUITION WAIVERS<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
University <\/td>\nUnion <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maintain current fee and tuition
\nwaivers of the operating fee, building
\nfee and technology fee. <\/td>\n		Increase fee and tuition waiver to include:<\/p>\n

IMA bond fee (Seattle campus,
\n$32\/quarter)<\/p>\n

Sports Field Fee (Bothell campus,
\n$30\/quarter)<\/p>\n

YMCA fee (Tacoma campus, $180\/quarter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
WORKLOAD<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
University<\/td>\nUnion <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Remove the 220 hour per quarter
\nworkload limit and instead go to a
\nmodel of working an average of 20
\nhours per week.<\/td>\n		Maintain current contract language of
\n220 hours per quarter workload limit. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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Background This recap details the fifteenth session for the negotiation for the collective bargaining agreement between the UW and UAW ASEs. Recaps are published online on the UW Labor Relations website. The Employer filed for contract mediation with Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC). UW package proposal: The Employer reasserted their comprehensive package proposal from 4\/30 that covers all of the outstanding articles and MOUs. Status Update The Employer and the Union have reached agreement on 33 out of 37 articles….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uaw-ases"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"katiehsu","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=13967"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14729,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13967\/revisions\/14729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}