This recap details the 11th session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement between the UW and WSNA, which expired as of July 1, 2015. This was the first session to be facilitated by a State-appointed mediator.<\/p>\n
The parties were joined by a mediator from the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) to help facilitate the remainder of contract negotiations. Both parties outlined their priorities and discussed the remaining issues with the mediator. The primary areas on which the parties remain apart are:<\/p>\n
Wages<\/strong><\/p>\n Union Membership<\/strong><\/p>\n Staffing <\/strong><\/p>\n On-Call<\/strong><\/p>\n The parties will meet again to continue negotiations at a later date that is still being determined. Since the contract has expired, the previous contract will remain in effect until the parties negotiate a successor agreement. Similar to the approach used across the University and in prior contract negotiations, UW has stated that it does not intend for wage increases to be applied retroactively, meaning wage increases would not begin before the new contract goes into effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This recap details the 11th session for the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement between the UW and WSNA, which expired as of July 1, 2015. This was the first session to be facilitated by a State-appointed mediator. Introduction to Mediation The…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-negotiation-update","union-wsna","duration-2015-2017"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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