This recap details the fifth session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and UAW Postdoctoral Scholars.<\/p>\n
The parties agreed to create a new MOU stating that Article 9: Health Care Benefits Amounts would be updated to reflect 2027-2029 and 2029-2031 biennium amounts when those agreements are reached between the healthcare coalition and the Washington Office of Financial Management (OFM).<\/p>\n
The parties agreed to maintain current contract language in the following Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n The parties agreed to minor housekeeping edits only in the following Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n The parties agreed to strike the following side letter:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Union proposed new language that would require the University to establish a UW Postdoc Travel Awards Program of $50,000\/year for Postdoc travel and registration costs for conferences, workshops, training, and other professional development opportunities. The Union also proposed to create a new section in this Article that would allow Postdoctoral Scholars to serve as an official instructor of record in a class, and that Postdocs would be not excluded from serving as an official instructor on the basis of their funding sources.<\/p>\n The Union proposed new language that would require the Employer to correct errors in dues deductions within thirty (30) days of when ascertained.<\/p>\n The Union proposed to rollover this MOU into the next cycle of this agreement.<\/p>\n On the following provisions, the union proposed to maintain current contract language:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Employer proposed new language around information requests that would require the Union to clearly identify what information is being sought and the reason for the request, and that requests would not normally extend beyond twenty-four (24) months prior to the date of the request. The Employer also proposed that if the parties are unable to agree on the relevance of the request, the Union would instead submit a Public Records Request for the requested information.<\/p>\n The Employer proposed language updates around the mediation and arbitration processes. With respect to mediation, the Employer proposed language stating that the Union may skip Step Three Mediation by providing notification to the Employer within fourteen (14) days of the Step Two decision. The Employer would have to respond within fourteen (14) days of receipt of a grievance moving to Step Three Mediation if they\u2019re not in agreement. With respect to arbitration, the Employer proposed language stating that grievances would be moved to arbitration within thirty (30) days of the previous Step. The Employer also proposed new language detailing current processes within Arbitration, including language around pre-hearing disclosures and procedural arbitrability.<\/p>\n The Employer proposed minor housekeeping edits only in the following Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Employer counter-proposed current contract language in response to the following Articles that the Union presented initial proposals for:<\/strong><\/p>\n The next UAW Postdoctoral Scholar and UW bargaining session is scheduled for Monday, July 13 and will be held virtually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This recap details the fifth session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and UAW Postdoctoral Scholars. Tentative Agreements New MOU: Health Care Benefits Amounts The parties agreed to create a new MOU stating that Article 9: Health Care Benefits Amounts would be updated to reflect 2027-2029 and 2029-2031 biennium amounts when those agreements are reached between the healthcare coalition and the Washington Office of Financial Management (OFM). The parties agreed to maintain…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uaw-postdocs"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"evane3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15410","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\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15411,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15410\/revisions\/15411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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Union Initial Proposals<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Article 19: Professional Development and Career Counseling <\/strong><\/h3>\n
Article 30: Union Security <\/strong><\/h3>\n
MOU: Professional Development<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Employer Initial Proposals<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Article 1: Purpose and Intent<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Article 7: Grievance Procedure<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Employer Counter Proposals<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Next Steps <\/strong><\/h2>\n