{"id":15700,"date":"2026-09-08T12:04:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T19:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/?p=15700"},"modified":"2026-09-09T12:08:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T19:08:35","slug":"uw-seiu-925-advisers-negotiations-recap-for-september-8-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/09\/08\/uw-seiu-925-advisers-negotiations-recap-for-september-8-2026","title":{"rendered":"UW &amp; SEIU 925 Advisers Negotiations Recap for September 8, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Background<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This recap details the eleventh session for the negotiation for the collective bargaining agreement between the University of Washington and SEIU 925-Advisers. Recaps are published online on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/staff-unions\/seiu-925-advisers\/negotiation-updates\">UW Labor Relations website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>UW Initial Proposals <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Article XX: Classification and Reclassification<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Employer proposed an article that is based on the similar article in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/staff-unions\/seiu-925-continuum-college\/contract#:~:text=RETURN%20TO%20TOP-,ARTICLE%2014%3A%20PERFORMANCE%20EVALUATION,-Section%2014.1.\">SEIU 925 \u2013 Continuum College<\/a>\u00a0contract with one notable difference to indicate that position reviews would be submitted directly to the UWHR Compensation Office.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Article XX: No Strike\/Lockout<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Employer proposed an article that is identical to the same titled article in the <a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/staff-unions\/seiu-925-continuum-college\/contract#:~:text=RETURN%20TO%20TOP-,ARTICLE%2014%3A%20PERFORMANCE%20EVALUATION,-Section%2014.1.\">SEIU 925 \u2013 Continuum College<\/a>\u00a0contract.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>SEIU 925 Advisers \u2013 Counter Proposal<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Job Classification Structure<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In response to the Employer&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2026\/07\/27\/uw-seiu-925-advisers-negotiations-recap-for-july-22-2026\">July 22 initial proposal<\/a> on job profiles and class series, the Union countered with a simplified five-level Advising Staff structure where the job series would consist only of the job profiles Advising Staff 1-5. In the Union\u2019s proposal, Advisers in the Advising Staff 1 job profile would automatically move to the Advising Staff 2 job profile after a maximum of two years in the original position.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Next Steps<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The next UW &amp; SEIU 925-Advisers bargaining session is scheduled for October 21, 2026, and will be held in-person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background This recap details the eleventh session for the negotiation for the collective bargaining agreement between the University of Washington and SEIU 925-Advisers. Recaps are published online on the\u00a0UW Labor Relations website. &nbsp; UW Initial Proposals Article XX: Classification and Reclassification The Employer proposed an article that is based on the similar article in the\u00a0SEIU 925 \u2013 Continuum College\u00a0contract with one notable difference to indicate that position reviews would be submitted directly to the UWHR Compensation Office. &nbsp; Article XX:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","slim_seo":{"title":"UW &amp; SEIU 925 Advisers Negotiations Recap for September 8, 2026 - Labor Relations","description":"Background This recap details the eleventh session for the negotiation for the collective bargaining agreement between the University of Washington and SEIU 925"},"_slim_seo_primary_term_category":111,"_slim_seo_primary_term_post_tag":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seiu-925-advisors"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"oneishac","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15700","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\/130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15700"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15703,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15700\/revisions\/15703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}