This recap details the eleventh session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and UAW Postdoctoral Scholars.<\/p>\n
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 outlined below:<\/strong><\/p>\n As part of this package proposal, the Union would accept the Employer\u2019s prior proposal as presented during the June 29 bargaining session.<\/p>\n The Union reasserted much of its prior proposal, including proposing to include a definition of bullying, including caste in the list of characteristics protected from discrimination and harassment, and to retain language around bathroom equity and the equity survey.<\/p>\n The Union accepted the Employer\u2019s prior counterproposal but proposed several additional housekeeping edits.<\/p>\n As part of this package proposal, the Union would accept the Employer\u2019s prior proposal as presented during the July 29 bargaining session.<\/p>\n The Union reasserted its proposal to create this new MOU and adjusted its proposal around transgender sensitivity training to state that it would be made available through the Union instead of the existing EPIC program as previously proposed. The Union also adjusted its proposal for a gender transition fund, now proposing the fund be $75,000\/year.<\/p>\n The next UAW Research and UW bargaining session is scheduled for Monday, August 31 and will be held in-person at the UDSB Gateway building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This recap details the eleventh session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and UAW Postdoctoral Scholars. 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 outlined below: Article 8: Health and Safety As part of this package proposal, the Union would accept the Employer\u2019s prior proposal as presented during the June 29 bargaining…<\/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":"","slim_seo":{"title":"UAW Postdoctoral Scholars \u2013 UW Negotiations Recap for August 24, 2026 - Labor Relations","description":"This recap details the eleventh session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the University of Washington and UAW Postdoctoral S"},"_slim_seo_primary_term_category":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_post_tag":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15635","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\/15635","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=15635"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15636,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15635\/revisions\/15636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Article 8: Health and Safety <\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Article 16: Non-Discrimination and Harassment <\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Article 36: Reasonable Accommodations <\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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MOU: Empowering Prevention and Inclusive Communities (EPIC)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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MOU: Transition Support <\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Next Steps <\/strong><\/h2>\n